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Re: SHA-1 vs SHA256 + public key


From: Mark H Weaver
Subject: Re: SHA-1 vs SHA256 + public key
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 02:37:31 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux)

I wrote:
> The hashes included in the announcement are not able to provide secure
> authentication, regardless of what hash function is used, because the
> announcement itself might have been modified

I forgot that the announcement itself was signed, which invalidates much
of what I wrote earlier.  Sorry for the noise.

I agree that we should include stronger hashes in the announcement.

      Mark



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