GNU bug report logs - #25999
SHA1SUM: please switch to sha1dc to warn of attempted hash collision attacks

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh <at> debian.org>

Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 15:17:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo <at> scientia.org>, 25999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25999: SHA1SUM: please switch to sha1dc to warn of attempted hash collision attacks
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 14:16:53 +0100

On 08/05/2022 21:19, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Hey.
> 
> Is this still being considered?

Yes it still does make sense,
especially as sha1 becomes less popular over time,
in which case the extra processing would matter less.

thanks,
Pádraig
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