An algorithm for generating natural-language-based cryptographic hashes.
humanhash [-h] [-x] [-n LENGTH]
[-a {md5,sha1,sha224,sha256,sha384,sha512}] [-m]
[input]
-h, --help
shows a short help message
-x, --hex
specifies that input is in the form of a pre-computed hexadecimal number,
rather than a filename
-n, --length LENGTH
length of output, in number of sentences
-a, --algorithm {md5,sha1,sha224,sha256,sha384,sha512}
algorithm used to compute the cryptographic digest, defaults to sha512
-m, --mnemonic
instead of generating a paragraph, produces a two-word mnemonic codename
$ python setup.py install
>>> import hhlib
>>> h = hhlib.HH(msg = message, algorithm = "sha512")
>>> h.update(message)
>>> h.paragraph(length)
The HumanHash algorithm was originally conceived and implemented as All Hands Active, the first hackerspace in Ann Arbor, MI, was working on ratifying its first bylaws, around January 2011. HumanHash was used as a mechanism for generating unambiguous, deterministic codenames for revisions of the bylaws. See example usage on AHA's mailing list.
This implementation of HumanHash is published under the terms of the ISC License.
Copyright © 2011-2012 by Nima Khazaei.
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