SHA256 is a full NIST standard. Its just suspect because it is based on the SHA1/Md5 technology amd likely to be replaced
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Thomas > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 6:21 PM > To: Ned Freed > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Supporting alternate algorithms > > Ned Freed wrote: > > Exactly so, and given the current hash function situation > that algorithm > needs > to be SHA-256. > > Is this really the case, or is SHA-256 a sort of generic > placeholder for "something better than SHA-1"? I haven't paid > very much attention to what the cryptographers have been > saying about this, but it doesn't seem clear to me that > SHA-256 has been settled on as The short term replacement. Or has it? > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > NOTE WELL: This list operates according to > http://dkim.org/ietf-list-rules.html > > _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://dkim.org/ietf-list-rules.html
