def makeCred(account, password):
cred = Credential()
cred.prf = "HMAC+SHA256"
cred.salt = crypto.get_random_string()
cred.iterations = 20000
cred.hash = base64.b64encode(crypto.pbkdf2(password, cred.salt, iterations=cred.iterations))
cred.account = account
return cred
