Whats the different between the two fingerprints?

Allan Jude allanjude at freebsd.org
Tue Jan 12 18:41:44 UTC 2016


On 2016-01-12 13:24, olli hauer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> whats the different between the two fingerprints ?
>
> 1) 23eb3a878c79d9c982ffe8e0041dfb5d7526d9bce868f60bcd51b00c86215d9f
> 2) 23EB3A878C79D9C982FFE8E0041DFB5D7526D9BCE868F60BCD51B00C86215D9F
>
>
> For human both are the same, but not if tested with (md5|sha1|sha256|sha512|rmd160) -c $string
>
> Unluckily some vendors providing fingerprints in uppercase (pointing e.g. to HP).
> The fix is really trivial to implement in src/sbin/md5/md5.c (low hanging fruit)
>
> If a dev with src commit has 5min, it would be nice if the one can look at PR 205598
>

there is a PR for this. It is being worked on.

-- 
Allan Jude


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