A proposal for a new password hashing based on SHA-256 or SHA-512 has
been proposed by RedHat but to my knowledge has not had any rigorous
analysis. The motivation for this is to replace MD-5 based password
hashing at banks where MD-5 is on the list of "do not use" algorithms.
I would prefer not to have the discussion "MD-5 is good enough for
this algorithm" since it is not an argument that the customers
requesting these changes are going to accept.
Jim
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