why is SHA1 used? How do I get SHA256 to be used?

[Andy Ruddock]

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Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> On 7/10/2012 4:58 AM, Andy Ruddock wrote:
>> I used the information in this article :
> 
> It is still substantially accurate and useful, as near as I can tell.
> (I still think cert-digest-algo sha256 is unnecessary at this point in
> time, but I understand why he believes otherwise, and his perspective is
> hardly an unreasoned one.)

Good to hear it, thank you.

Crypto is one of those areas where it is easy to make a mess of things,
so I think it's best to leave it to the experts. The problem then, of
course, is determining who can be judged expert.

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