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[PATCH] Recommend against SHA-1 for security-related applications

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Message #29 received at 37420 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 37420 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37420: [PATCH] Recommend against SHA-1 for security-related
 applications
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:09:25 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> > > (I also changed so the doc strings consistently say SHA-1 instead of
> > > SHA1, which seems to be more correct AFAICT.)
> >
> > Yup.
>
> Should we perhaps do something to help those who know this under the
> name "SHA1"?

Is there any risk that some users believe that these would be two
different algorithms?  My guess would be no, but I might be wrong.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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