Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:39:33 +0300 From: Igor Pokrovsky <ip@doom.homeunix.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SHA256 checksum in ports Message-ID: <20051218183933.GA9484@doom.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20051218182802.GA21549@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20051218181222.GA9375@doom.homeunix.org> <20051218182802.GA21549@xor.obsecurity.org>
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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? -ip -- Laugh and the world laughs with you. cry and ... you have to blow your nose.
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