SHA256 checksum in ports

[Matthew Seaman]

Igor Pokrovsky wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 01:28:02PM -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
>>On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 09:12:22PM +0300, Igor Pokrovsky wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Is anyone knows what was the reason to add SHA256 checksum check
>>>in ports? Why MD5 was insufficient?
>>
>>Enough progress has been made towards breaking MD5 that it is no
>>longer considered safe to rely on for these purposes.
> 
> 
> Thanks for explanation Kris.
> Is it possible to port sha256 to RELENG_4?

Already done.  Install the sysutils/freebsd-sha256 port and all of
the SHA256 stuff in ports will automatically start working.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


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