sha1sum
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at redhat.com
Tue Jun 14 06:35:50 UTC 2005
Kenneth Porter wrote:
> --On Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:12 AM +0530 Rahul Sundaram
> <sundaram at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> If we are talking about risks, note that sha1sum is potentially *less*
>> riskier than md5sum. Fedora is anything but conservative though
>
>
> The algorithm itself is less risky. Changing the release process to
> use it is more risky. Fedora users get to test the process change.
>
I dont think using sha1sum or accomodating that change is a risky
process at all. The tools are well established and the methods are well
documented.
regards
Rahul
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