Re: [Python-ideas] Using sha512 instead of md5 on python.org/downloads

2018-12-09 Thread Ronald Oussoren via Python-ideas
> On 9 Dec 2018, at 18:31, Paul Moore wrote: > > None of which is that relevant, the fact still remains that no matter > what algorithm is used, the hash only has limited value as a security > measure. That’s true, but it does show that switching from MD5 to SHA2 doesn’t make it harder to val

Re: [Python-ideas] Using sha512 instead of md5 on python.org/downloads

2018-12-09 Thread Paul Moore
On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 15:13, Barry Scott wrote: > > On Windows 10 this works: > > c:Downloads> certutil -hashfile python-3.7.1-amd64.exe sha512 > SHA512 hash of python-3.7.1-amd64.exe: > 7dec6362c402b38a9c29b85b204398d7d3fd19509f05279bf713a92abe5b485d4c0c4b175c4edb47f81fd800a599bc2283642a8f0c666ed

Re: [Python-ideas] Using sha512 instead of md5 on python.org/downloads

2018-12-09 Thread Barry Scott
On Windows 10 this works: c:Downloads> certutil -hashfile python-3.7.1-amd64.exe sha512 SHA512 hash of python-3.7.1-amd64.exe: 7dec6362c402b38a9c29b85b204398d7d3fd19509f05279bf713a92abe5b485d4c0c4b175c4edb47f81fd800a599bc2283642a8f0c666edd9e971b5cedf18041 CertUtil: -hashfile command completed succ