/gdata/Crypto/Hash/__init__.py

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  1. """Hashing algorithms
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  3. Hash functions take arbitrary strings as input, and produce an output
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  4. of fixed size that is dependent on the input; it should never be
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  5. possible to derive the input data given only the hash function's
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  6. output.  Hash functions can be used simply as a checksum, or, in
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  7. association with a public-key algorithm, can be used to implement
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  8. digital signatures.
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  10. The hashing modules here all support the interface described in PEP
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  11. 247, "API for Cryptographic Hash Functions".
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  13. Submodules:
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  14. Crypto.Hash.HMAC          RFC 2104: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
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  15. Crypto.Hash.MD2
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  16. Crypto.Hash.MD4
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  17. Crypto.Hash.MD5
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  18. Crypto.Hash.RIPEMD
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  19. Crypto.Hash.SHA
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  20. """
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  22. __all__ = ['HMAC', 'MD2', 'MD4', 'MD5', 'RIPEMD', 'SHA', 'SHA256']
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  23. __revision__ = "$Id: __init__.py,v 1.6 2003/12/19 14:24:25 akuchling Exp $"
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