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@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ insecure and are not recommended for production use.> Since Perl 5.18 we have included support for multiple hash functions, although from time to time we change which functions we support, -and which function is default (currently SBOX+STADTX on 64 bit builds +and which function is default (currently SBOX+SIPHASH13 on 64 bit builds and SBOX+ZAPHOD32 for 32 bit builds). You can choose a different algorithm by defining one of the following symbols during configure. Note that there are security implications regarding which hash function you choose @@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ to be, with the one believed to be most secure at release time being PERL_HASH_F PERL_HASH_FUNC_ZAPHOD32 PERL_HASH_FUNC_STADTX +Note that use of PERL_HASH_FUNC_STADTX is deprecated and will be removed +in a future release. + In addition, these, (or custom hash functions), may be "fronted" by the SBOX32 hash function for keys under a chosen size. This hash function is special in that it has proven theoretical security properties, and is very |