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diff --git a/docs/history/1.7.rst b/docs/history/1.7.rst index 0d25fb2..3cee9a9 100644 --- a/docs/history/1.7.rst +++ b/docs/history/1.7.rst @@ -26,6 +26,25 @@ Bugfixes * :mod:`passlib.ext.django`: fixed lru_cache import (django 3 compatibility) +Other Changes +------------- + +* Modified some internals to help run on FIPS systems (:issue:`116`): + + In particular, when MD5 hash is not available, :class:`~passlib.hash.hex_md5` + will now return a dummy hasher which throws an error if used; rather than throwing + an uncaught :exc:`!ValueError` when an application attempts to import it. (Similar behavior + added for the other unsalted digest hashes). + + .. py:currentmodule:: passlib.crypto.digest + + Also, :func:`lookup_hash`'s ``required=False`` kwd was modified to report unsupported hashes + via the :attr:`HashInfo.supported` attribute; rather than letting ValueErrors through uncaught. + + This should allow CryptContext instances to be created on FIPS systems without having + a load-time error (though they will still receive an error if an attempt is made to actually + *use* a FIPS-disabled hash). + **1.7.2** (2019-11-22) ====================== |