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authorEli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com>2011-06-30 22:15:05 -0400
committerEli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com>2011-06-30 22:15:05 -0400
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misc documentation tweaks
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@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ and should not be used in new applications. However, for the sake
of backwards compatibility when converting existing applications,
PassLib provides wrappers for few of the common hashes.
+.. warning::
+
+ To reiterate the above:
+ Using a single round of any cryptographic hash
+ (especially without a salt) is so insecure
+ that it's barely better than plaintext.
+ Do not use these schemes in new applications.
+
+
Usage
=====
These classes all wrap the underlying hashlib implementations,