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Re: [openpgp] Expiration impending: <draft-ietf-openpgp-rfc4880bis-01.txt>

"Robert J. Hansen" <rjh@sixdemonbag.org> Mon, 03 July 2017 04:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Expiration impending: <draft-ietf-openpgp-rfc4880bis-01.txt>
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> That's not necessarily a problem, it's perfectly OK PRFs, MACs, and
> similar situations, you just want to move away from it for
> signatures.

Yes, but removing it cuts down on the amount of (wholly inappropriate)
fearmongering that gets thrown around by the ignorant whenever SHA-1 is
mentioned.  OpenPGP adoption is slow enough already; continued use of
SHA-1, even where it's safe, seems contraindicated.

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