Andreas Stieger: > Hello, > > while packaging postfix 2.11.1 I noticed that the corresponding pgp/gpg > signature is generated using the md5 digest algorithm. MD5 is now > disabled as an acceptable digest method for signatures for source > tarballs of openSUSE packages. Would it be possible to re-issue the > signature using a SHA-1 or any of the SHA-2 family?
Thanks for checking the signature. MD5 is good enough for Postfix tarballs, since there are no known second pre-image attacks. It has the significant benefit that it is supported by every existing PGP implementation. What does this have to do with openSUSE source-code tarballs? Wietse