[Info-vax] FTP FYI

[Dave Froble]

On 11/25/2020 9:06 AM, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <rplloa$8v7$1 at dont-email.me>,
> clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) wrote:
>
>> ... SHA-256 would be my absolute minimum and SHA-512 would be strongly
>> preferred for increased protection against future attacks.
>
> Hear, hear. SHA-1 is now worthless against a deliberate attack, although
> still fine against accidental corruption.
>
> An OS claiming to be highly secure needs SHA-512; supporting the
> relatively new SHA-3 would add credibility.
>
> John
>

Perhaps we should be a bit more focused on the issue?

 From what I was reading, the issue was catching data corruptions, not 
security.  Isn't it sort of silly to introduce security into another 
issue?  A checksum either works, or it doesn't.  If it works, doesn't 
that solve the potential issue?

Or maybe I don't understand the issue ...

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