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