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:mod:`hmac` --- Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
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.. module:: hmac
:synopsis: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC) implementation
for Python.
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.. moduleauthor:: Gerhard Häring <ghaering@users.sourceforge.net>
.. sectionauthor:: Gerhard Häring <ghaering@users.sourceforge.net>
2011-01-27 16:38:46 -04:00
**Source code:** :source:`Lib/hmac.py`
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This module implements the HMAC algorithm as described by :rfc:`2104`.
.. function:: new(key, msg=None, digestmod=None)
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Return a new hmac object. *key* is a bytes or bytearray object giving the
secret key. If *msg* is present, the method call ``update(msg)`` is made.
*digestmod* is the digest name, digest constructor or module for the HMAC
object to use. It supports any name suitable to :func:`hashlib.new` and
defaults to the :data:`hashlib.md5` constructor.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Parameter *key* can be a bytes or bytearray object.
Parameter *msg* can be of any type supported by :mod:`hashlib`.
Paramter *digestmod* can be the name of a hash algorithm.
.. deprecated:: 3.4
MD5 as implicit default digest for *digestmod* is deprecated.
An HMAC object has the following methods:
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.. method:: HMAC.update(msg)
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Update the hmac object with *msg*. Repeated calls are equivalent to a
single call with the concatenation of all the arguments:
``m.update(a); m.update(b)`` is equivalent to ``m.update(a + b)``.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Parameter *msg* can be of any type supported by :mod:`hashlib`.
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.. method:: HMAC.digest()
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Return the digest of the bytes passed to the :meth:`update` method so far.
This bytes object will be the same length as the *digest_size* of the digest
given to the constructor. It may contain non-ASCII bytes, including NUL
bytes.
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.. warning::
When comparing the output of :meth:`digest` to an externally-supplied
digest during a verification routine, it is recommended to use the
:func:`compare_digest` function instead of the ``==`` operator
to reduce the vulnerability to timing attacks.
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.. method:: HMAC.hexdigest()
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Like :meth:`digest` except the digest is returned as a string twice the
length containing only hexadecimal digits. This may be used to exchange the
value safely in email or other non-binary environments.
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.. warning::
When comparing the output of :meth:`hexdigest` to an externally-supplied
digest during a verification routine, it is recommended to use the
:func:`compare_digest` function instead of the ``==`` operator
to reduce the vulnerability to timing attacks.
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.. method:: HMAC.copy()
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Return a copy ("clone") of the hmac object. This can be used to efficiently
compute the digests of strings that share a common initial substring.
A hash object has the following attributes:
.. attribute:: HMAC.digest_size
The size of the resulting HMAC digest in bytes.
.. attribute:: HMAC.block_size
The internal block size of the hash algorithm in bytes.
.. versionadded:: 3.4
.. attribute:: HMAC.name
The canonical name of this HMAC, always lowercase, e.g. ``hmac-md5``.
.. versionadded:: 3.4
This module also provides the following helper function:
.. function:: compare_digest(a, b)
Return ``a == b``. This function uses an approach designed to prevent
timing analysis by avoiding content-based short circuiting behaviour,
making it appropriate for cryptography. *a* and *b* must both be of the
same type: either :class:`str` (ASCII only, as e.g. returned by
:meth:`HMAC.hexdigest`), or a :term:`bytes-like object`.
.. note::
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If *a* and *b* are of different lengths, or if an error occurs,
a timing attack could theoretically reveal information about the
types and lengths of *a* and *b*--but not their values.
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.. versionadded:: 3.3
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.. seealso::
Module :mod:`hashlib`
The Python module providing secure hash functions.