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 Python3 event-driven modular IRC bot!
 
 ## Dependencies
-* [BeautifulSoup4](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/beautifulsoup4/4.3.2)
+* [BeautifulSoup4](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/beautifulsoup4)
 * [twitter](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/twitter)
+* [scrypt](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/scrypt)
 
 ## Configurating
 To get BitBot off the ground, there's some API-keys and the like in bot.json.example. move it to bot.json, fill in the API keys you want (and remove the modules that rely on those configs.)
diff --git a/modules/permissions.py b/modules/permissions.py
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+import base64, os
+import scrypt
+
+class Module(object):
+    def __init__(self, bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+        bot.events.on("new").on("user").hook(self.new_user)
+        bot.events.on("received").on("part").hook(self.on_part)
+        bot.events.on("received").on("command").on("identify"
+            ).hook(self.identify, private_only=True, min_args=1)
+        bot.events.on("received").on("command").on("register"
+            ).hook(self.register, private_only=True, min_args=1)
+        bot.events.on("received").on("command").on("logout"
+            ).hook(self.logout, private_only=True)
+
+    def new_user(self, event):
+        self._logout(event["user"])
+
+    def on_part(self, event):
+        if len(event["user"].channels) == 0 and event["user"].identified:
+            event["user"].send_notice("You no longer share any channels "
+                "with me so you have been signed out")
+
+    def _get_hash(self, user):
+        hash, salt = user.get_setting("authentication", (None, None))
+        return hash, salt
+    def _make_salt(self):
+        return base64.b64encode(os.urandom(64)).decode("utf8")
+    def _make_hash(self, password, salt=None):
+        salt = salt or self._make_salt()
+        hash = base64.b64encode(scrypt.hash(password, salt)).decode("utf8")
+        return hash, salt
+    def _identified(self, user):
+        user.identified = True
+        user.permissions = user.get_setting("permissions", [])
+    def _logout(self, user):
+        user.identified = False
+        user.permissions = []
+    def identify(self, event):
+        if not event["user"].identified:
+            password = event["args_split"][0]
+            hash, salt = self._get_hash(event["user"])
+            if hash and salt:
+                attempt, _ = self._make_hash(password, salt)
+                if attempt == hash:
+                    self._identified(event["user"])
+                    event["stdout"].write("Correct password, you have "
+                        "been identified.")
+                else:
+                    event["stderr"].write("Incorrect password")
+            else:
+                event["stderr"].write("This nickname is not registered")
+        else:
+            event["stderr"].write("You are already identified")
+
+    def register(self, event):
+        hash, salt = self._get_hash(event["user"])
+        if not hash and not salt:
+            password = event["args_split"][0]
+            hash, salt = self._make_hash(password)
+            event["user"].set_setting("authentication", [hash, salt])
+            self._identified(event["user"])
+            event["stdout"].write("Nickname registered successfully")
+        else:
+            event["stderr"].write("This nickname is already registered")
+
+    def logout(self, event):
+        if event["user"].identified:
+            self._logout(event["user"])
+            event["stdout"].write("You have been logged out")
+        else:
+            event["stderr"].write("You are not logged in")