Cryptographic Services
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The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms of
a cryptographic nature.  They are available at the discretion of the
installation. On Unix systems, the "crypt" module may also be
available. Here's an overview:

* "hashlib" --- Secure hashes and message digests

  * Hash algorithms

  * Usage

  * Constructors

    * "new()"

    * "md5()"

    * "sha1()"

    * "sha224()"

    * "sha256()"

    * "sha384()"

    * "sha512()"

    * "sha3_224()"

    * "sha3_256()"

    * "sha3_384()"

    * "sha3_512()"

  * Attributes

    * "algorithms_guaranteed"

    * "algorithms_available"

  * Hash Objects

    * "digest_size"

    * "block_size"

    * "name"

    * "update()"

    * "digest()"

    * "hexdigest()"

    * "copy()"

  * SHAKE variable length digests

    * "shake_128()"

    * "shake_256()"

    * "digest()"

    * "hexdigest()"

  * File hashing

    * "file_digest()"

  * Key derivation

    * "pbkdf2_hmac()"

    * "scrypt()"

  * BLAKE2

    * Creating hash objects

      * "blake2b()"

      * "blake2s()"

    * Constants

      * "SALT_SIZE"

      * "SALT_SIZE"

      * "PERSON_SIZE"

      * "PERSON_SIZE"

      * "MAX_KEY_SIZE"

      * "MAX_KEY_SIZE"

      * "MAX_DIGEST_SIZE"

      * "MAX_DIGEST_SIZE"

    * Examples

      * Simple hashing

      * Using different digest sizes

      * Keyed hashing

      * Randomized hashing

      * Personalization

      * Tree mode

    * Credits

* "hmac" --- Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication

  * "new()"

  * "digest()"

  * "update()"

  * "digest()"

  * "hexdigest()"

  * "copy()"

  * "digest_size"

  * "block_size"

  * "name"

  * "compare_digest()"

* "secrets" --- Generate secure random numbers for managing secrets

  * Random numbers

    * "SystemRandom"

    * "choice()"

    * "randbelow()"

    * "randbits()"

  * Generating tokens

    * "token_bytes()"

    * "token_hex()"

    * "token_urlsafe()"

    * How many bytes should tokens use?

  * Other functions

    * "compare_digest()"

  * Recipes and best practices
