Bug#681346: ITP: libdigest-sha1-perl -- Perl interface to the SHA-1 algorithm
"Dmitry E. Oboukhov" <unera@debian.org> writes:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Dmitry E. Oboukhov <unera@debian.org>
>
> Package name : libdigest-sha1-perl
> Version : 2.13
> Upstream Author : Gisle Aas <gisle@activestate.com>
> URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Digest-SHA1/
> License : Artistic or GPL-1+
> Programming Lang: Perl
> Description : Perl interface to the SHA-1 algorithm
>
> The Digest::SHA1 module allows you to use the NIST SHA-1 message digest
> algorithm from within Perl programs. The algorithm takes as input a message
> of arbitrary length and produces as output a 160-bit "fingerprint" or
> "message digest" of the input.
> .
> The Digest::SHA1 module provide a procedural interface for simple use, as
> well as an object oriented interface that can handle messages of arbitrary
> length and which can read files directly.
Out of curiosity, how does this compare to Digest::SHA
(libdigest-sha-perl), which is already in the archive, and supports SHA1
and a couple of others too?
Digest::SHA appears to have a very similar interface too.
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