Python's safest method to store and retrieve passwords from a database

Question

Looking to store usernames and passwords in a database, and am wondering what the safest way to do so is. I know I have to use a salt somewhere, but am not sure how to gene

Answer 1

I think it is best to use a package dedicated to hashing passwords for this like passlib: http://packages.python.org/passlib/ for reasons as I explained here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10948614/893857