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Date:      Thu, 6 Sep 2012 11:19:22 -0700
From:      Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@des.no>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d
Message-ID:  <20120906181922.GA89120@x96.org>
In-Reply-To: <86392vqc86.fsf@ds4.des.no>
References:  <201208221843.q7MIhLU4077951@svn.freebsd.org> <5043DBAF.40506@FreeBSD.org> <20120903005708.7082f230@gumby.homeunix.com> <20120906171824.GC14757@dragon.NUXI.org> <86392vqc86.fsf@ds4.des.no>

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On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 07:42:49PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote:
> Is there a reason to choose sha256 over a weaker, faster hash?

Given the fact that yarrow uses sha256 internally, I don't think it's a
sound idea to add weaker links to the chain.



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