asudox@lemmy.asudox.devM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-225 days agoWhy do the majority of projects still use SHA1 for Git commit hashes?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareWhy do the majority of projects still use SHA1 for Git commit hashes?asudox@lemmy.asudox.devM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-225 days agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
It seems like SHA1 has been deprecated a long time ago. So why do people still not use SHA256 for new repos?
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·25 days agoBecause the git commit hash is not suppose to be used as a security measure, just a identification measure.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·25 days agoSha1 is still secure for this use too. Both preimage properties remain unbroken.
Because the git commit hash is not suppose to be used as a security measure, just a identification measure.
Sha1 is still secure for this use too. Both preimage properties remain unbroken.