Sounds reasonable to me.

Regards

Rüdiger

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: William A Rowe Jr [mailto:wr...@rowe-clan.net]
> Gesendet: Montag, 23. Oktober 2017 20:37
> An: httpd <dev@httpd.apache.org>
> Betreff: Simplify download distribution directory by dropping sha1
> hashes?
> 
> HTTPD team,
> 
> Since our downloads are to be authenticated by their .asc PGP
> signatures, and the hashes simply serve as checksums, is it reasonable
> to offer only MD5 and SHA256 at this point?
> 
> Anyone without SHA256 (rare, I'd expect) can use MD5 as the simplest
> supported checksum. All others should apply the strongest hash
> validation.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Bill

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