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Changes for version 4.0.8 - 2003-12-18

  • inherits from Digest::base if installed
    • also checks for MIME::Base64
    • still fully-functional if neither are installed
  • added buffer overflow protection in underlying C code
    • ref. shahex() and shabase64() routines
    • prior code appeared impossible to exploit, but ...
      • better safe than sorry
    • does not impact runtime efficiency
  • minor code cleanup

Modules

Perl extension for SHA-1/256/384/512