rabbitMQ password hashing algo

rabbit_pash_hash.py

# rabbitMQ password hashing algo as laid out in: http://lists.rabbitmq.com/pipermail/rabbitmq-discuss/2011-May/012765.html

#1.Generate a random 32 bit salt:
import os
salt = os.urandom(32)
salt = ''.join(x.encode('hex') for x in salt)
salt = salt.upper()

#2.Concatenate that with the UTF-8 representation of the password (in this case "simon")
simon = ''.join(x.encode('hex') for x in 'simon')
utf_rep = salt+simon
utf_rep = utf_rep.upper()

#3. Take the MD5 hash
import hashlib
hash = hashlib.md5(utf_rep).hexdigest()
hash = ''.join(x.encode('hex') for x in hash)
hash = hash.upper()

#4. Concatenate the salt again:
salted_hash = salt+hash
salted_hash = salted_hash.upper()

#5. convert to base64 encoding:
import base64
pass_hash = base64.b64encode(salted_hash)

print pass_hash

#6. end