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| author | Eli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com> | 2013-12-27 13:49:41 -0500 |
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| committer | Eli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com> | 2013-12-27 13:49:41 -0500 |
| commit | bcdf0cd2a97fa8dfb4cc06352faa0934ccbf236b (patch) | |
| tree | 36c3549889c3d8bf8f531b30bb588920c23cc681 /docs/lib/passlib.hash.hex_digests.rst | |
| parent | 10ddd0c4bf75c21bdd75a3cb0781f020147778b3 (diff) | |
| download | passlib-bcdf0cd2a97fa8dfb4cc06352faa0934ccbf236b.tar.gz | |
massive cleanup of documentation typos, thanks to Thomas Waldmann (issue 27, comment 7) (transplant of r1f5b8860b743 from default branch)
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.hex_digests.rst b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.hex_digests.rst index aea7ea2..a9b8391 100644 --- a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.hex_digests.rst +++ b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.hex_digests.rst @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -============================================================== -:samp:`passlib.hash.hex_{digest}` - Generic Hexdecimal Digests -============================================================== +=============================================================== +:samp:`passlib.hash.hex_{digest}` - Generic Hexadecimal Digests +=============================================================== .. warning:: @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ .. currentmodule:: passlib.hash Some existing applications store passwords by storing them using -hexidecimal-encoded message digests, such as MD5 or SHA1. +hexadecimal-encoded message digests, such as MD5 or SHA1. Such schemes are *extremely* vulnerable to pre-computed brute-force attacks, and should not be used in new applications. However, for the sake of backwards compatibility when converting existing applications, @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Interface .. class:: hex_sha256() .. class:: hex_sha512() - Each of these classes implements a plain hexidecimal encoded + Each of these classes implements a plain hexadecimal encoded message digest, using the relevant digest function from :mod:`!hashlib`, and following the :ref:`password-hash-api`. @@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ Interface Format & Algorithm ================== All of these classes just report the result of the specified digest, -encoded as a series of lowercase hexidecimal characters; +encoded as a series of lowercase hexadecimal characters; though upper case is accepted as input. |
