On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:58:41 +0100, Ralph wrote in message 
<[email protected]>:

> Hi Arnt,
> 
> > > > ..in my cases they play Kafka games litigating me, and prevail
> > > > with "Chad's Defense", because I don't have the money to hire
> > > > lawyers.
> > > 
> > > Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "Chad's Defense" ?
> > 
> > ..you managed to miss it??? 8oD  About half the list traffic on this
> > list ([email protected]) this spring, and the very
> > reason it is now moderated since April
> 
> No, not this list, `tech', but the `legal' one.
> 
> > is why I'm looking for gold standards on checksums that can make it
> > thru litigation etc scrutiny all the way up to the supreme courts
> > around this planet.
> 
> Why not move from SHA-1 to SHA-2 since space is presumably not an
> issue? It's likely to be considered even better if there's a chance
> SHA-1 is considered insufficient.  See sha512sum(1) and
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha512#Comparison_of_SHA_functions

..because the Norwegian government _may_ have decided _otherwise_.

..if I get to decide those standards, I'm happy to shove _anything_
down their throat. ;o)  To make them stick, these standards should
either come from the EU, NATO, Hollywood, RIAA, MPAA, NSA or some 
such 3 to 4-letter agency that feeds them the usual kinda BS they 
swallow.

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.

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