Roy Smith wrote: >> >> However this does not appear to be actually returning the checksum. >> >> Does anyone have insight into where I am going wrong? > > After calling update(), you need to call digest(). Update() only updates > the internal state of the md5 state machine; digest() returns the hash. > Also, for the code above, it's m.update(), not md5.update(). Update() is a > method of an md5 instance object, not the md5 module itself. > > Lastly, the md5 algorithm is known to be weak. If you're doing md5 to > maintain compatability with some pre-existing implementation, that's one > thing. But, if you're starting something new from scratch, I would suggest > using SHA-1 instead (see the sha module). SHA-1 is much stronger > cryptographically than md5. The Python API is virtually identical, so it's > no added work to switch to the stronger algorithm.
Hi Roy, This is strictly for checking if a file was corrupted during transit over an MQSeries channel. The check is not intended to be used for crypto purposes. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list