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| author | Zooko <zookog@gmail.com> | 2016-12-26 20:06:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2016-12-28 16:34:34 +0000 |
| commit | b02631b14b2a155c4a233c8e8dad2569c159e85d (patch) | |
| tree | 2d72a06b1bfa94f49fdc73b159398b0f548dcc34 /doc | |
| parent | d1a1276979c4744587c8a81e2b212c244512e83b (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-b02631b14b2a155c4a233c8e8dad2569c159e85d.tar.xz | |
doc: recommend b2sum as well as SHA2
b2sum is faster, easier to use safely, and more future-proof
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index a507280bd..201964456 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3819,8 +3819,9 @@ are vanishingly small. However, it should not be considered secure against malicious tampering: although finding a file with a given MD5 fingerprint is considered infeasible at the moment, it is known how to modify certain files, including digital certificates, so that they -appear valid when signed with an MD5 digest. -For more secure hashes, consider using SHA-2. @xref{sha2 utilities}. +appear valid when signed with an MD5 digest. For more secure hashes, +consider using SHA-2, or the newer @command{b2sum} command. +@xref{sha2 utilities}. @xref{b2sum invocation}. If a @var{file} is specified as @samp{-} or if no files are given @command{md5sum} computes the checksum for the standard input. |