Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv25763 Modified Files: Tag: release23-maint libsha.tex Log Message: SF bug #804113: Crypto terminology for crypto hash function Noted that the SHA algorithm is really SHA-1. (Contributed by Ronald Rivest.) Index: libsha.tex =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libsha.tex,v retrieving revision 1.10 retrieving revision 1.10.26.1 diff -C2 -d -r1.10 -r1.10.26.1 *** libsha.tex 2 Nov 2001 21:44:09 -0000 1.10 --- libsha.tex 15 Sep 2003 18:20:13 -0000 1.10.26.1 *************** *** 1,4 **** \section{\module{sha} --- ! SHA message digest algorithm} \declaremodule{builtin}{sha} --- 1,4 ---- \section{\module{sha} --- ! SHA-1 message digest algorithm} \declaremodule{builtin}{sha} *************** *** 8,17 **** This module implements the interface to NIST's\index{NIST} secure hash ! algorithm,\index{Secure Hash Algorithm} known as SHA. It is used in the same way as the \refmodule{md5} module:\ use \function{new()} to create an sha object, then feed this object with arbitrary strings using the \method{update()} method, and at any point you can ask it for the \dfn{digest} of the concatenation of the strings fed to it ! so far.\index{checksum!SHA} SHA digests are 160 bits instead of MD5's 128 bits. --- 8,18 ---- This module implements the interface to NIST's\index{NIST} secure hash ! algorithm,\index{Secure Hash Algorithm} known as SHA-1. SHA-1 is an ! improved version of the original SHA hash algorithm. It is used in the same way as the \refmodule{md5} module:\ use \function{new()} to create an sha object, then feed this object with arbitrary strings using the \method{update()} method, and at any point you can ask it for the \dfn{digest} of the concatenation of the strings fed to it ! so far.\index{checksum!SHA} SHA-1 digests are 160 bits instead of MD5's 128 bits.