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[Benny Baumann <benbe AT cacert.org>]

Hi Henrik,

Am 29.05.2015 um 19:40 schrieb Henrik Hüttemann:
> Ahoj everyone,
> as announced on 2014-06-14 at
> https://blog.cacert.org/2014/06/selection-of-hash-algorithm-during-certificate-creation/
> it is time to review the descision to select SHA-256 as the default
> hash algorithm because Debian Jessie was released on 2015-04-25. So,
> how about setting SHA-512 as the default?
I'm all for it, but as I know quite a lot of sysadmins aren't that fast
with actually updating their boxes we should grant them a bit longer.

If nobody opposes within 14 days I'd suggest changing the default by 1st
July 2015 to SHA2-512.

> 
> Greetings
> ~Henrik "HerHde" Hüttemann
> 
Kind regards,
Benny Baumann
CAcert Software Assessment Team

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