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Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:29:51 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: [PATCH] Add FAQ entry on how Cygwin counters man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks
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On Mar 31 14:08, David A. Wheeler wrote:
> Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler

Ugh!  *Short* patches are ok for the cygwin mailing list.  Short being a
handful of lines, not entire novels.  Novels go to cygwin-patches, please :)

Other than that, patch looks almost ok.  I only scanned it for now since
it's late in the day for me.  One nit:

> +<para>
> +Up through 2015 Cygwin used the MD5 algorithm for cryptographic hashes.
> +Cygwin used both MD5 and length checks, which makes some attacks harder
> +than if Cygwin used only MD5,
> +but MD5 is no longer considered a secure cryptographic hash algorithm.
> +The 2015-02-06 update of the setup program
> +added support for the SHA-512 cryptographic hash algorithm for
> +sigining the <literal>setup.ini</literal> package list, as described in
> +<ulink url=3D"https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-02/msg00093.html"/>.
> +The announcement also noted that there will be a switch to SHA-512
> +checksums in the <literal>setup.ini</literal> files.

The switch has been performed 2015-03-23.  I'll read it more thoroughly
tomorrow.


Thanks,
Corinna

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