# Configure Python — Security Options

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Select hash algorithm for use in Python/pyhash.c

siphash13 (default); siphash24; fnv.

md5; sha1; sha256; sha512; sha3 (with shake); blake2.

Override the OpenSSL default cipher suites string

python (default): use Python's preferred selection; openssl: leave OpenSSL's defaults untouched; STRING: use a custom string

Disable compiler options that are recommended by OpenSSF for security reasons with no performance overhead. If this option is not enabled, CPython will be built based on safety compiler options with no slow down. When this option is enabled, CPython will not be built with the compiler options listed below.

The following compiler options are disabled with !--disable-safety

fstack-protector-strong: Enable run-time checks for stack-based buffer overflows. -Wtrampolines: Enable warnings about trampolines that require executable stacks.

Enable compiler options that are recommended by OpenSSF for security reasons which require overhead. If this option is not enabled, CPython will not be built based on safety compiler options which performance impact. When this option is enabled, CPython will be built with the compiler options listed below.

The following compiler options are enabled with !--enable-slower-safety

D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3: Fortify sources with compile- and run-time checks for unsafe libc usage and buffer overflows.

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