[Python-Dev] New hash algorithms: SHA3, SHAKE, BLAKE2, truncated SHA512 (original) (raw)

M.-A. Lemburg mal at egenix.com
Fri May 27 07:13:05 EDT 2016


On 27.05.2016 13:03, Donald Stufft wrote:

On May 27, 2016, at 6:54 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:

IMO, relying on OpenSSL is a better strategy than providing (and maintaining) our own compatibility versions. Until OpenSSL has them, people can use Björn's package: Even now, hashlib doesn’t rely on OpenSSL if I recall, I mean it will use it if OpenSSL is available but otherwise it has internal implementations too.

I know, but still don't think that's a good idea. It makes sense in case you don't want to carry around OpenSSL all the time, but how often does that happen nowadays ?

BTW: If I recall correctly, those hash implementations predate the deeper support for OpenSSL we now have in Python.

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