[Python-checkins] cpython: Added hmac.compare_digest to whatsnew

[christian.heimes]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e92f51e58cfc
changeset:   77803:e92f51e58cfc
user:        Christian Heimes <christian at cheimes.de>
date:        Tue Jun 26 10:16:55 2012 +0200
summary:
  Added hmac.compare_digest to whatsnew

files:
  Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst |  9 +++++++++
  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -1023,6 +1023,15 @@
 (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`12139`)
 
 
+hmac
+----
+
+A new :func:`~hmac.compare_digest` function has been added to prevent
+side channel attacks on digests through timing analysis.
+
+(Contributed by Nick Coghlan and Christian Heimes in issue:`15061`)
+
+
 imaplib
 -------
 

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython