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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] SHA1 sums for checksums file


From: Thomas Zander
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] SHA1 sums for checksums file
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 12:26:41 +0100
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On Tuesday 06 January 2004 11:52, Colin Walters wrote:
> I was fairly verbose in the patch-1 patch log.  In case [INCOMPATIBLE
> CHANGE] isn't clear enough - yes, you will have to re-checksum and
> re-sign your archives.

It is not unheard of to provide multiple hashes for one 'file', making it even 
more secure.
I'm thinking of allowing hash.md5 and hash.sha1 for example.

Would certainly be more resilient to more changes like these in the future.

- -- 
Thomas Zander
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