Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:19:29 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Igor Pokrovsky <ip@doom.homeunix.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SHA256 checksum in ports Message-ID: <43A5B641.5000700@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20051218183933.GA9484@doom.homeunix.org> References: <20051218181222.GA9375@doom.homeunix.org> <20051218182802.GA21549@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051218183933.GA9484@doom.homeunix.org>
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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
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