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doc: Minor wording change to hashing documentation system.txi: Remove implication that MD5 and SHA1 are cryptographically suitable hash functions, since both have been deprecated for cryptographic applications for 10 to 15 years now.
author Arun Giridhar <arungiridhar@gmail.com>
date Sun, 02 Oct 2022 09:00:05 -0400
parents 796f54d4ddbf
children 597f3ee61a48
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581 the file they have is the same as the one that the original hash was 581 the file they have is the same as the one that the original hash was
582 produced with. 582 produced with.
583 583
584 Octave supplies the @code{hash} function to calculate hash values of 584 Octave supplies the @code{hash} function to calculate hash values of
585 strings and files, the latter in combination with the @code{fileread} 585 strings and files, the latter in combination with the @code{fileread}
586 function. The @code{hash} function supports the most common used 586 function. The @code{hash} function supports many commonly used hash
587 cryptographic hash functions, namely MD5 and SHA-1. 587 methods.
588 588
589 @DOCSTRING(hash) 589 @DOCSTRING(hash)