diff --git a/Doc/library/crypt.rst b/Doc/library/crypt.rst

index 91464ef..6ee64d6 100644

--- a/Doc/library/crypt.rst

+++ b/Doc/library/crypt.rst

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@

 This module implements an interface to the :manpage:`crypt(3)` routine, which is

 a one-way hash function based upon a modified DES algorithm; see the Unix man

-page for further details.  Possible uses include allowing Python scripts to

-accept typed passwords from the user, or attempting to crack Unix passwords with

-a dictionary.

+page for further details.  Possible uses include storing hashed passwords

+so you can check passwords without storing the actual password, or attempting

+to crack Unix passwords with a dictionary.

 .. index:: single: crypt(3)

@@ -27,15 +27,81 @@ the :manpage:`crypt(3)` routine in the running system.  Therefore, any

 extensions available on the current implementation will also  be available on

 this module.

+Hashing Methods

+---------------

-.. function:: crypt(word, salt)

+The :mod:`crypt` module defines the list of hashing methods (not all methods

+are available on all platforms):

+

+.. data:: METHOD_SHA512

+

+   A Modular Crypt Format method with 16 character salt and 86 character

+   hash.  This is the strongest method.

+

+.. versionadded:: 3.3

+

+.. data:: METHOD_SHA256

+

+   Another Modular Crypt Format method with 16 character salt and 43

+   character hash.

+

+.. versionadded:: 3.3

+

+.. data:: METHOD_MD5

+

+   Another Modular Crypt Format method with 8 character salt and 22

+   character hash.

+

+.. versionadded:: 3.3

+

+.. data:: METHOD_CRYPT

+

+   The traditional method with a 2 character salt and 13 characters of

+   hash.  This is the weakest method.

+

+.. versionadded:: 3.3

+

+

+Module Attributes

+-----------------

+

+

+.. attribute:: methods

+

+   A list of available password hashing algorithms, as

+   ``crypt.METHOD_*`` objects.  This list is sorted from strongest to

+   weakest, and is guaranteed to have at least ``crypt.METHOD_CRYPT``.

+

+.. versionadded:: 3.3

+

+

+Module Functions

+----------------

+

+The :mod:`crypt` module defines the following functions:

+

+.. function:: crypt(word, salt=None)

    *word* will usually be a user's password as typed at a prompt or  in a graphical

-   interface.  *salt* is usually a random two-character string which will be used

-   to perturb the DES algorithm in one of 4096 ways.  The characters in *salt* must

-   be in the set ``[./a-zA-Z0-9]``.  Returns the hashed password as a string, which

-   will be composed of characters from the same alphabet as the salt (the first two

-   characters represent the salt itself).

+   interface.  The optional *salt* is either a string as returned from

+   :func:`mksalt`, one of the ``crypt.METHOD_*`` values (though not all

+   may be available on all platforms), or a full encrypted password

+   including salt, as returned by this function.  If *salt* is not

+   provided, the strongest method will be used (as returned by

+   :func:`methods`.

+

+   Checking a password is usually done by passing the plain-text password

+   as *word* and the full results of a previous :func:`crypt` call,

+   which should be the same as the results of this call.

+

+   *salt* (either a random 2 or 16 character string, possibly prefixed with

+   ``$digit$`` to indicate the method) which will be used to perturb the

+   encryption algorithm.  The characters in *salt* must be in the set

+   ``[./a-zA-Z0-9]``, with the exception of Modular Crypt Format which

+   prefixes a ``$digit$``.

+

+   Returns the hashed password as a string, which will be composed of

+   characters from the same alphabet as the salt.

    .. index:: single: crypt(3)

@@ -43,6 +109,27 @@ this module.

    different sizes in the *salt*, it is recommended to use  the full crypted

    password as salt when checking for a password.

+.. versionchanged:: 3.3

+   Before version 3.3, *salt*  must be specified as a string and cannot

+   accept ``crypt.METHOD_*`` values (which don't exist anyway).

+

+

+.. function:: mksalt(method=None)

+

+   Return a randomly generated salt of the specified method.  If no

+   *method* is given, the strongest method available as returned by

+   :func:`methods` is used.

+

+   The return value is a string either of 2 characters in length for

+   ``crypt.METHOD_CRYPT``, or 19 characters starting with ``$digit$`` and

+   16 random characters from the set ``[./a-zA-Z0-9]``, suitable for

+   passing as the *salt* argument to :func:`crypt`.

+

+.. versionadded:: 3.3

+

+Examples

+--------

+

 A simple example illustrating typical use::

    import crypt, getpass, pwd

@@ -59,3 +146,11 @@ A simple example illustrating typical use::

        else:

            return 1

+To generate a hash of a password using the strongest available method and

+check it against the original::

+

+   import crypt

+

+   hashed = crypt.crypt(plaintext)

+   if hashed != crypt.crypt(plaintext, hashed):

+      raise "Hashed version doesn't validate against original"

diff --git a/Lib/crypt.py b/Lib/crypt.py

new file mode 100644

index 0000000..bf0a416

--- /dev/null

+++ b/Lib/crypt.py

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@

+"""Wrapper to the POSIX crypt library call and associated functionality.

+

+Note that the ``methods`` and ``METHOD_*`` attributes are non-standard

+extensions to Python 2.7, backported from 3.3"""

+

+import _crypt

+import string as _string

+from random import SystemRandom as _SystemRandom

+from collections import namedtuple as _namedtuple

+

+

+_saltchars = _string.ascii_letters + _string.digits + './'

+_sr = _SystemRandom()

+

+

+class _Method(_namedtuple('_Method', 'name ident salt_chars total_size')):

+

+    """Class representing a salt method per the Modular Crypt Format or the

+    legacy 2-character crypt method."""

+

+    def __repr__(self):

+        return '<crypt.METHOD_%s>' % self.name

+

+

+def mksalt(method=None):

+    """Generate a salt for the specified method.

+

+    If not specified, the strongest available method will be used.

+

+    This is a non-standard extension to Python 2.7, backported from 3.3

+    """

+    if method is None:

+        method = methods[0]

+    s = '$%s$' % method.ident if method.ident else ''

+    s += ''.join(_sr.sample(_saltchars, method.salt_chars))

+    return s

+

+

+def crypt(word, salt=None):

+    """Return a string representing the one-way hash of a password, with a salt

+    prepended.

+

+    If ``salt`` is not specified or is ``None``, the strongest

+    available method will be selected and a salt generated.  Otherwise,

+    ``salt`` may be one of the ``crypt.METHOD_*`` values, or a string as

+    returned by ``crypt.mksalt()``.

+

+    Note that these are non-standard extensions to Python 2.7's crypt.crypt()

+    entrypoint, backported from 3.3: the standard Python 2.7 crypt.crypt()

+    entrypoint requires two strings as the parameters, and does not support

+    keyword arguments.

+    """

+    if salt is None or isinstance(salt, _Method):

+        salt = mksalt(salt)

+    return _crypt.crypt(word, salt)

+

+

+#  available salting/crypto methods

+METHOD_CRYPT = _Method('CRYPT', None, 2, 13)

+METHOD_MD5 = _Method('MD5', '1', 8, 34)

+METHOD_SHA256 = _Method('SHA256', '5', 16, 63)

+METHOD_SHA512 = _Method('SHA512', '6', 16, 106)

+

+methods = []

+for _method in (METHOD_SHA512, METHOD_SHA256, METHOD_MD5):

+    _result = crypt('', _method)

+    if _result and len(_result) == _method.total_size:

+        methods.append(_method)

+methods.append(METHOD_CRYPT)

+del _result, _method

+

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_crypt.py b/Lib/test/test_crypt.py

index 7cd9c71..b061a55 100644

--- a/Lib/test/test_crypt.py

+++ b/Lib/test/test_crypt.py

@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@ class CryptTestCase(unittest.TestCase):

             self.assertEqual(cr2, cr)

+    def test_salt(self):

+        self.assertEqual(len(crypt._saltchars), 64)

+        for method in crypt.methods:

+            salt = crypt.mksalt(method)

+            self.assertEqual(len(salt),

+                    method.salt_chars + (3 if method.ident else 0))

+

+    def test_saltedcrypt(self):

+        for method in crypt.methods:

+            pw = crypt.crypt('assword', method)

+            self.assertEqual(len(pw), method.total_size)

+            pw = crypt.crypt('assword', crypt.mksalt(method))

+            self.assertEqual(len(pw), method.total_size)

+

+    def test_methods(self):

+        # Gurantee that METHOD_CRYPT is the last method in crypt.methods.

+        self.assertTrue(len(crypt.methods) >= 1)

+        self.assertEqual(crypt.METHOD_CRYPT, crypt.methods[-1])

+

 def test_main():

     test_support.run_unittest(CryptTestCase)

diff --git a/Modules/Setup.dist b/Modules/Setup.dist

index 2712f06..3ea4f0c 100644

--- a/Modules/Setup.dist

+++ b/Modules/Setup.dist

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ _ssl _ssl.c \

 #

 # First, look at Setup.config; configure may have set this for you.

-crypt cryptmodule.c # -lcrypt	# crypt(3); needs -lcrypt on some systems

+_crypt _cryptmodule.c -lcrypt	# crypt(3); needs -lcrypt on some systems

 # Some more UNIX dependent modules -- off by default, since these

diff --git a/Modules/cryptmodule.c b/Modules/cryptmodule.c

index 76de54f..7c69ca6 100644

--- a/Modules/cryptmodule.c

+++ b/Modules/cryptmodule.c

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static PyMethodDef crypt_methods[] = {

 };

 PyMODINIT_FUNC

-initcrypt(void)

+init_crypt(void)

 {

-    Py_InitModule("crypt", crypt_methods);

+    Py_InitModule("_crypt", crypt_methods);

 }

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py

index b787487..c60ac35 100644

--- a/setup.py

+++ b/setup.py

@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):

             libs = ['crypt']

         else:

             libs = []

-        exts.append( Extension('crypt', ['cryptmodule.c'], libraries=libs) )

+        exts.append( Extension('_crypt', ['_cryptmodule.c'], libraries=libs) )

         # CSV files

         exts.append( Extension('_csv', ['_csv.c']) )