[ python-Feature Requests-983069 ] md5 and sha1 modules should use openssl implementation

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Feature Requests item #983069, was opened at 2004-06-30 15:50
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Category: Extension Modules
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Gregory P. Smith (greg)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: md5 and sha1 modules should use openssl implementation

Initial Comment:
the MD5 and SHA-1 modules should use the OpenSSL
library to perform the hashing when it is available
(always these days; python ships with basic ssl socket
support using openssl).  

OpenSSL includes and keeps up with highly optimized
versions of the hash algorithms for various
architectures.  They should always perform the same or
better than the python shamodule and md5module
implementations.


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