bpo-9216: [WIP] Support OpenSSL FIPS mode. #5548
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Add a usedforsecurity keyword argument to the various digest algorithms in hashlib, which whitelists digest algorithms that while forbidden in a FIPS environment, are not utilized for security.
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After a discussion with @tiran we decided to not move forward with that, as allowing applications to workaround the usage of unsafe algorithms within a FIPS environment, is a potential violation of the FIPS standard. Hence closing this. |
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Add a usedforsecurity keyword argument to the various
digest algorithms in hashlib, which whitelists digest algorithms
that while forbidden in a FIPS environment, are not utilized
for security.
Based on Dave Malcolm's patch from https://bugs.python.org/issue9216.
https://bugs.python.org/issue9216