[Python-Dev] New hash algorithms: SHA3, SHAKE, BLAKE2, truncated SHA512

[Donald Stufft]

> On May 27, 2016, at 5:41 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
> 
> If we add this now, there should at least be an exit strategy
> to remove the code again, when OpenSSL ships with the same
> code, IMO.


I think it is a clear win to have the fallback implementations in cases where people either don’t have OpenSSL or don’t have a new enough OpenSSL for those implementations. Not having the fallback just makes it more difficult for people to rely on those hash functions.

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Donald Stufft