doc: warn that md5 and sha1 are no longer considered secured

man-group · Jul 4, 2024 · 58a38fe · 58a38fe
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diff --git a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ Using :func:`new` with an algorithm name:
    >>> h.hexdigest()
    '031edd7d41651593c5fe5c006fa5752b37fddff7bc4e843aa6af0c950f4b9406'
 
+.. warning::
+
+   :func:`md5` and :func:`sha1` algorithms are considered insecure and may
+   be removed from the python interpreter. Consider :func:`sha256` instead.
 
 .. function:: md5([, data], *, usedforsecurity=True)
 .. function:: sha1([, data], *, usedforsecurity=True)