Python 2.5 will include sha-256 and sha-512. It will be released sometime next year.
Jeremy On 12/16/05, Ronald L. Rivest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi -- > > I'm curious as to the status of upgrading cryptographic > hash function support in Python, now that md5 and sha1 are > both clearly broken (in terms of collision-resistance). > > The consensus of researchers in this area (at least as > expressed at the NIST Hash Function Workshop 10/31/05), > is that SHA-256 is a good choice for the time being, but > that research should continue, and other alternatives may > arise from this research. The larger SHA's also seem OK, > but I think will have less demand... > > I'd like to see sha-256 supported in Python. Has this > already happened (and I didn't notice) and/or will it > be happening soon? > > Thanks! > > Cheers, > Ron Rivest > > P.S. Please cc your reply to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] as well > Thanks! > > > Ronald L. Rivest > Room 32-G692, Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge MA 02139 > Tel 617-253-5880, Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/jeremy%40alum.mit.edu > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
