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Author ebfe
Recipients ebfe, gregory.p.smith, lemburg, rhettinger
Date 2009-01-06.22:10:04
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> It might be a good idea to remove the word "secure" from the
> hashlib documentation, since security of these algorithms is
> always limited to a certain period of time.

I'm sorry, was that a boy attempted humor ? [Misuse quote from DH3: Check]

Anyway, in fact that might be a good idea: Reflect that the hashlib
module includes hash functions for the sake of compatibility and
interoperability and not everlasting security.
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