def authenticate(self, password):
"""
Compares the given password in a secure way with a value stored in
database to determine if the password is correct or not.
:param password: The password to be verified if it is the correct password
for the given user.
:return: True if the authentication was successful and the password is
correct
"""
proposed = password.encode('utf-8')
hashed = self.password.encode('utf-8')
return verify_scryptsalsa208sha256(hashed, proposed)
def authenticate(self, password):
"""
Compares the given password in a secure way with a value stored in
database to determine if the password is correct or not.
:param password: The password to be verified if it is the correct password
for the given user.
:return: True if the authentication was successful and the password is
correct
"""
proposed = password.encode('utf-8')
serialized = self.password.encode('utf-8')
if serialized.startswith(b'$7$'):
res = verify_scryptsalsa208sha256(serialized, proposed)
else:
raise ValueError('Unknown serialization format')
return res