Re: md5sums files
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 11:37:17AM +0000, Philipp Kern wrote:
> On 2010-03-03, Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> wrote:
> > This is where I disagree. When a checksum algorithm is compromised (and
> > MD5 *is* compromised), things only ever get worse, not better. Indeed,
> > MD5 preimage attacks are pretty hard *today*. But switching to something
> > more secure in preparation for the day when MD5 will be easily cracked
> > by every script kiddo around is *not* overkill.
>
> Sure, but to be honest, not even all packages managed to generate md5sums
> 'till now (with some quite core, omnipresent packages missing) so it seems out
> of scope for squeeze. Maybe squeeze+1.
True but debsums can address these issues by system administrator
touch-ups as documented in manpage using:
* /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90debsums (debsums >= 2.0.7)
* debsums_init(8) (debsums >= 2.0.34 @ 2007)
Osamu
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