[issue9216] FIPS support for hashlib

[Doug Hellmann]

Doug Hellmann added the comment:

@Robert, I thought you were proposing a hashlib.fips module that did not include md5() at all. If it does include the function, and the function does whatever is needed to disable the "die when using MD5" on a FIPS system, then I agree it would work. 

Your point about the FIPS standard changing and needing to include more hash types in the future is good.

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