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SF bug #804113: Crypto terminology for crypto hash function 

Noted that the SHA algorithm is really SHA-1.
(Contributed by Ronald Rivest.)
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Raymond Hettinger 2003-09-15 18:20:52 +00:00
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\section{\module{sha} ---
SHA message digest algorithm}
SHA-1 message digest algorithm}
\declaremodule{builtin}{sha}
\modulesynopsis{NIST's secure hash algorithm, SHA.}
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This module implements the interface to NIST's\index{NIST} secure hash
algorithm,\index{Secure Hash Algorithm} known as SHA. It is used in
algorithm,\index{Secure Hash Algorithm} known as SHA-1. SHA-1 is an
improved version of the original SHA hash algorithm. It is used in
the same way as the \refmodule{md5} module:\ use \function{new()}
to create an sha object, then feed this object with arbitrary strings
using the \method{update()} method, and at any point you can ask it
for the \dfn{digest} of the concatenation of the strings fed to it
so far.\index{checksum!SHA} SHA digests are 160 bits instead of
so far.\index{checksum!SHA} SHA-1 digests are 160 bits instead of
MD5's 128 bits.