[PySide] secure password handling

[Frank Rueter | OHUfx]

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering about the best way to handle password input in PySide.
I know about python's hashlib, but am wondering if there is a better way 
to provide security between the user's input into a PySide widget and 
the hashing. A friend was wondering about a precompiled widget that does 
the hashing directly so the password is never once stored anywhere as 
plain text.

What are people's approaches for this?

Cheers,
frank