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[Jay Hennessey <henn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug: What I believe is important in this case is that the hashes are:
a) somewhere easy for downloaders to find (ideally, linked to from the download page) so that users can verify that they have the correct file and
b) protected by https in order to decrease the chances that the hashes were tampered with.

Currently, neither is the case except for the https-protected MD5 page.

Thank you for your attention on this!

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Title:
  Please include SHA256 or SHA512 hashes on Ubuntu Hashes page

Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Could SHA256 and/or SHA512 hashes please be included on the Ubuntu
  Hashes page (currently located at
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes ?

  Currently, only MD5 is included, and this is the only https-protected
  official page I could find with the hashes. As can be seen in the
  Wikipedia page ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5 ) and the many
  citations of source material, MD5 is no longer recommended for this
  type of usage.

  Also - would it be possible to make the Ubuntu Hashes page more
  prominent for downloaders of the various Ubuntu software? It would be
  very helpful for checking the integrity of the ISOs against
  corruption.

  Thanks in advance.

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