[issue47125] Explore hashlib use of the Windows Crypto API NG

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[issue47125] Explore hashlib use of the Windows Crypto API NG

Steve Dower added the comment: Did a basic test (with timeit and a work-internal library I already have) and the native functionality is *slightly* faster than OpenSSL. But I think it's worthwhile anyway, to help reduce our dependency on OpenSSL. --

[issue47125] Explore hashlib use of the Windows Crypto API NG

New submission from Gregory P. Smith : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/seccng/creating-a-hash-with-cng See if these are worthwhile vs using OpenSSL for the hashlib algorithms it supports. OS APIs can in theory take better advantage of HW acceleration for performance. Verify