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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst index 1a96fc2d..bc979365 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst @@ -148,6 +148,43 @@ SHA-family of hashes. :raises ValueError: If the ``digest_size`` is invalid. +SHA-3 family +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +SHA-3 is the most recent NIST secure hash algorithm standard. Despite the +larger number SHA-3 is not considered to be better than SHA-2. Instead, it uses +a significantly different internal structure so that **if** an attack appears +against SHA-2 it is unlikely to apply to SHA-3. SHA-3 is significantly slower +than SHA-2 so at this time most users should choose SHA-2. + +.. class:: SHA3_224() + + .. versionadded:: 2.5 + + SHA3/224 is a cryptographic hash function from the SHA-3 family and is + standardized by NIST. It produces a 224-bit message digest. + +.. class:: SHA3_256() + + .. versionadded:: 2.5 + + SHA3/256 is a cryptographic hash function from the SHA-3 family and is + standardized by NIST. It produces a 256-bit message digest. + +.. class:: SHA3_384() + + .. versionadded:: 2.5 + + SHA3/384 is a cryptographic hash function from the SHA-3 family and is + standardized by NIST. It produces a 384-bit message digest. + +.. class:: SHA3_512() + + .. versionadded:: 2.5 + + SHA3/512 is a cryptographic hash function from the SHA-3 family and is + standardized by NIST. It produces a 512-bit message digest. + SHA-1 ~~~~~ |