From 31940375a69ae6453063240c330829233ce50fcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Heimes Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:16:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added hmac.compare_digest to whatsnew --- Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst index 68ed9c75025..38a9f351160 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst @@ -1023,6 +1023,15 @@ handle NAT with non-secure FTP without opening fixed ports. (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`12139`) +hmac +---- + +A new :func:`~hmac.compare_digest` function has been added to prevent +side channel attacks on digests through timing analysis. + +(Contributed by Nick Coghlan and Christian Heimes in issue:`15061`) + + imaplib -------