Changing the Hash algo in gpg1.2.3

[David Shaw]

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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 08:55:49AM -0500, Admin @ Petridish.org wrote:

> I was wondring if someone could point me to an online doc on how to
> set a different hash algo in gpg I spent a while sniffing around on
> the net - to no avail.
> 
> If there isisnt a manual or faq that explains it, would someone mind
> laying out a thumbnail sketch of how to do it?
> 
> I have heard that sha1 has been broken and I wanted to begin using
> md5

It's the other way around.  MD5 isn't broken, but there have been some
weaknesses found in it.  It's still vastly stronger than most people
need, but people are tending to use SHA1 anyway.

David
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