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Title: Provide SHA256 checksums for installers
Type: security Stage: resolved
Components: Installation Versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.7, Python 2.7
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Status: closed Resolution: wont fix
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: benjamin.peterson, fazl
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2019-03-16 13:18 by fazl, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg338083 - (view) Author: fazl (fazl) Date: 2019-03-16 13:18
Python is widely used and should use more trustworthy checksums than MD5.

Even the successor to MD5 (SHA-1) was considered insecure in 2017. From https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/02/23/bang-sha-1-collides-at-38762cf7f55934b34d179ae6a4c80cadccbb7f0a/ :

"For many years [...] MD5 was widely used [...] but it is now forbidden in the cryptographic world because [...] MD5 collisions are easy to generate on purpose, so the algorithm can no longer be trusted."
msg338091 - (view) Author: Benjamin Peterson (benjamin.peterson) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-03-16 18:28
MD5 isn't a security measure. It's provided for a quick check of integrity.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:12adminsetgithub: 80497
2019-03-16 18:28:24benjamin.petersonsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: wont fix
messages: + msg338091

stage: resolved
2019-03-16 13:25:36SilentGhostsetnosy: + benjamin.peterson
2019-03-16 13:18:34fazlcreate