[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-804113 ] Crypto terminology for crypto hash function

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Bugs item #804113, was opened at 2003-09-10 20:07
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ronald L. Rivest (ronrivest)
>Assigned to: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Summary: Crypto terminology for crypto hash function

Initial Comment:
On web page:



http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel////lib/module-

sha.html



the documentation should be improved to make it clear 

that the hash function implemented here is really what 

is known as "SHA-1" and not just "SHA".  NIST originally 

proposed a "SHA" hash function.  NSA found a problem 

with SHA, and proposed a small fix to it; the revised 

hash function is typically called "SHA-1".   The version 

implemented is indeed "SHA-1" and not "SHA" (I tested 

it).   The documentation should make this clear, and 

might also include "SHA1" somewhere as a synonym so 

searches will find this common spelling variant too.  

Renaming the module as "sha1" would also be nice...



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