doc: improve the info on md5sum security weaknesses
authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:56:36 +0000 (01:56 +0100)
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:02:44 +0000 (01:02 +0100)
commit9e900e81dbb64c529a99abf6520d95245897cf84
tree5013cfde75539407aab679823e98e62681c724d6
parentb5f9a6a176a32d73745fc61366c26f2c1ff9fca7
doc: improve the info on md5sum security weaknesses

* doc/coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): Mention currently known
security problems. Don't recommend SHA-1 as alternative.
* man/md5sum.x (BUGS): Warn about the vulnerabilities and
reference the SHA-2 based alternatives.
Reported by Simon Josefsson
doc/coreutils.texi
man/md5sum.x