From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 18 19:20:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9720E16A41F for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:20:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (imap.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29E4143D5C for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:20:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBIJJZIj080136; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:19:36 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <43A5B641.5000700@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:19:29 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051204) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Igor Pokrovsky References: <20051218181222.GA9375@doom.homeunix.org> <20051218182802.GA21549@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051218183933.GA9484@doom.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20051218183933.GA9484@doom.homeunix.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-ripemd160; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig85DA0BE801A6E7943D328300" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:19:36 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1212/Sun Dec 18 11:09:50 2005 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SHA256 checksum in ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:20:03 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig85DA0BE801A6E7943D328300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Igor Pokrovsky wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 01:28:02PM -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 09:12:22PM +0300, Igor Pokrovsky wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Is anyone knows what was the reason to add SHA256 checksum check >>>in ports? Why MD5 was insufficient? >> >>Enough progress has been made towards breaking MD5 that it is no >>longer considered safe to rely on for these purposes. > > > Thanks for explanation Kris. > Is it possible to port sha256 to RELENG_4? Already done. Install the sysutils/freebsd-sha256 port and all of the SHA256 stuff in ports will automatically start working. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig85DA0BE801A6E7943D328300 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDpbZH8Mjk52CukIwRAzozAJ4kEhERlCn/SIF2fkB6NPZJhdi3HACglc4j QFGULSCmcX7ldySx4x8QsbE= =i7rg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig85DA0BE801A6E7943D328300--