[ sf.net patch # 1121611 ]

A new hashlib module to replace the md5 and sha modules.  It adds
support for additional secure hashes such as SHA-256 and SHA-512.  The
hashlib module uses OpenSSL for fast platform optimized
implementations of algorithms when available.  The old md5 and sha
modules still exist as wrappers around hashlib to preserve backwards
compatibility.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
index 4bd380a..118b4c7 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
@@ -247,6 +247,15 @@ archive into the current working directory.  It's also possible to set
 a different directory as the extraction target, and to unpack only a
 subset of the archive's members.  (Contributed by Lars Gust\"abel.)
 
+\item A new \module{hashlib} module has been added to replace the
+\module{md5} and \module{sha} modules and adds support for additional
+secure hashes such as SHA-256 and SHA-512.  The \module{hashlib} module
+uses OpenSSL for fast platform optimized implementations of algorithms
+when available.  The old \module{md5} and \module{sha} modules still
+exist as wrappers around hashlib to preserve backwards compatibility.
+
+(Contributed by Gregory P. Smith.)
+
 \end{itemize}