From f04317ae24441082279ea73ccca0a6630c33cc86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Donald Stufft Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:44:30 -0400 Subject: Move primtives into a hazmat package --- docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst (limited to 'docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst') diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..05004080 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +Message Digests +=============== + +.. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes + +.. class:: BaseHash(data=None) + + Abstract base class that implements a common interface for all hash + algorithms that follow here. + + If ``data`` is provided ``update(data)`` is called upon construction. + + .. method:: update(data) + + :param bytes data: The bytes you wish to hash. + + .. method:: copy() + + :return: a new instance of this object with a copied internal state. + + .. method:: digest() + + :return bytes: The message digest as bytes. + + .. method:: hexdigest() + + :return str: The message digest as hex. + +SHA-1 +~~~~~ + +.. attention:: + + NIST has deprecated SHA-1 in favor of the SHA-2 variants. New applications + are strongly suggested to use SHA-2 over SHA-1. + +.. class:: SHA1() + + SHA-1 is a cryptographic hash function standardized by NIST. It has a + 160-bit message digest. + +SHA-2 Family +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. class:: SHA224() + + SHA-224 is a cryptographic hash function from the SHA-2 family and + standardized by NIST. It has a 224-bit message digest. + +.. class:: SHA256() + + SHA-256 is a cryptographic hash function from the SHA-2 family and + standardized by NIST. It has a 256-bit message digest. + +.. class:: SHA384() + + SHA-384 is a cryptographic hash function from the SHA-2 family and + standardized by NIST. It has a 384-bit message digest. + +.. class:: SHA512() + + SHA-512 is a cryptographic hash function from the SHA-2 family and + standardized by NIST. It has a 512-bit message digest. + +RIPEMD160 +~~~~~~~~~ + +.. class:: RIPEMD160() + + RIPEMD160 is a cryptographic hash function that is part of ISO/IEC + 10118-3:2004. It has a 160-bit message digest. + +Whirlpool +~~~~~~~~~ + +.. class:: Whirlpool() + + Whirlpool is a cryptographic hash function that is part of ISO/IEC + 10118-3:2004. It has a 512-bit message digest. + +MD5 +~~~ + +.. warning:: + + MD5 is a deprecated hash algorithm that has practical known collision + attacks. You are strongly discouraged from using it. + +.. class:: MD5() + + MD5 is a deprecated cryptographic hash function. It has a 128-bit message + digest and has practical known collision attacks. -- cgit v1.2.3