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diff --git a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst index cf6b8ff..6ca5307 100644 --- a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst @@ -65,11 +65,15 @@ concatenation of the data fed to it so far using the :meth:`digest` or Constructors for hash algorithms that are always present in this module are :func:`sha1`, :func:`sha224`, :func:`sha256`, :func:`sha384`, -and :func:`sha512`. :func:`md5` is normally available as well, though it +:func:`sha512`, :func:`blake2b`, and :func:`blake2s`. +:func:`md5` is normally available as well, though it may be missing if you are using a rare "FIPS compliant" build of Python. Additional algorithms may also be available depending upon the OpenSSL library that Python uses on your platform. +.. versionadded:: 3.6 + :func:`blake2b` and :func:`blake2s` were added. + For example, to obtain the digest of the byte string ``b'Nobody inspects the spammish repetition'``:: @@ -243,6 +247,12 @@ include a `salt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_%28cryptography%29>`_. .. versionadded:: 3.6 +BLAKE2 +------ + +BLAKE2 takes additional arguments, see :ref:`hashlib-blake2`. + + .. seealso:: Module :mod:`hmac` @@ -251,6 +261,8 @@ include a `salt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_%28cryptography%29>`_. Module :mod:`base64` Another way to encode binary hashes for non-binary environments. + See :ref:`hashlib-blake2`. + http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips180-2/fips180-2.pdf The FIPS 180-2 publication on Secure Hash Algorithms. |