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[Bug 1288593] Re: Please include SHA256 or SHA512 hashes on Ubuntu Hashes page

 

Steve: Via past comments and e-mails with Colin Watson, we (the docs
group) are aware of your position on this. Sorry for the noise on this.
It was raised again via an askubuntu.com question. It wasn't my intent
to have the CD images group added to his bug.

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

Status in Ubuntu CD image build software:
  Invalid
Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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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