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authorChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2012-06-26 08:16:55 (GMT)
committerChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2012-06-26 08:16:55 (GMT)
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@@ -1023,6 +1023,15 @@ handle NAT with non-secure FTP without opening fixed ports.
(Contributed by Giampaolo RodolĂ  in :issue:`12139`)
+hmac
+----
+
+A new :func:`~hmac.compare_digest` function has been added to prevent
+side channel attacks on digests through timing analysis.
+
+(Contributed by Nick Coghlan and Christian Heimes in issue:`15061`)
+
+
imaplib
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