On Mar 9, 2013, at 9:56 AM, "M.-A. Lemburg" <m...@egenix.com> wrote:
> [Discussion about MD5] > > I think there's not much point in discussing MD5 in this context. > When creating new designs, you should always use the current > best and most widely deployed algorithm, IMO. > > For Python, this is the SHA-2 family at the moment, since SHA-3 is > not supported by Python's hashlib. MD5 is only needed to support older > software. SHA-1 is also support by Python versions older than Python 2.5. > > It seems that SHA-256 and SHA-512, both from the SHA-2 family, > are the most popular at the moment, so I guess SHA-256 is a good > candidate to move forward and satisfy the 80/20 rule. Sha256 and Sha512 are generally considered equivalent in a security context and either would be a perfectly fine candidate. > > Agreed ? > > FWIW, I'm pretty sure, SHA-256 will be broken in 10 years from > now as well :-) > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Mar 09 2013) >>>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg > Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 > http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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