SHA Hash in python?

[Michael Hudson]

Brian Haskin <haskin at ptway.com> writes:

> Does anyone know of a python module for the SHA cryptographic hash?

Um, yes.

>>> import sha
>>> r=sha.sha()
>>> r.update (open("foo").read())
>>> r.digest()
'k\227m\272Z\200\022\253]\317\310\330m\232k#\206H\317\270'

You might need to rebuild to get it; I can't remeber whether it comes
built by default.

Cheers,
Michael

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