""" Password Hashing and Security Utilities """ from passlib.context import CryptContext pwd_context = CryptContext(schemes=["bcrypt"], deprecated="auto") def hash_password(password: str) -> str: """ Hash a password using bcrypt """ return pwd_context.hash(password) def verify_password(plain_password: str, hashed_password: str) -> bool: """ Verify a password against its hash """ return pwd_context.verify(plain_password, hashed_password)