</code>,
    <code class="literal">md5</code> and <code class="literal">bf</code>.
   </p><p>
    The <em class="parameter"><code>iter_count</code></em> parameter lets the user specify the iteration
    count, for algorithms that have one.
    The higher the count, the more time it takes to hash
    the password and therefore the more time to break it.  Although with
    too high a count the time to calculate a hash may be several years
    — which is somewhat impractical.  If the <em class="parameter"><c