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node-sha256
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A JavaScript implementation of the SHA family of hashes, as defined in FIPS PUB 180-2 as well as the corresponding HMAC implementation as defined in FIPS PUB 198a
Copyright Brian Turek 2008-2012 Distributed under the BSD License See http://caligatio.github.com/jsSHA/ for more information
Several functions taken from Paul Johnson
Jonas Colmsjö, Gizur, 2012-10-12, ported the code for node.js
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A JavaScript implementation of the SHA family of hashes
The npm package node-sha256 receives a total of 3 weekly downloads. As such, node-sha256 popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that node-sha256 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 29 Jul 2013
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