GNU bug report logs - #37420
[PATCH] Recommend against SHA-1 for security-related applications

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 08:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 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 14:14:39 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> This is the spelling in RFC 3174: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3174

Taking a closer look, they actually use "SHA1" in the document
headline, but "SHA-1" in the body text.  So it's a bit of a mess.

I guess the important thing is that we use one spelling consistently
to avoid confusing users even more.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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