[MlMt] Hash algorithm Open PGP

Martin Dege martin.dege at fu-berlin.de
Sun Sep 13 04:31:29 EDT 2020


Thank you Benny, it was indeed as simple as that.



Best,

On 13 Sep 2020, at 10:27, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 13 Sep 2020, at 10:12, Martin Dege wrote:
>
>> The new interface keeps warning me: “You should change your OpenPGP 
>> settings to use a stronger hash algorithm for the digest (such as 
>> sha-256)”
>>
>> And I am not able to send signed messages anymore. I am aware that 
>> Sha1 has weaknesses; however, MailMate should still allow me to send 
>> messages?
>
> Yes, I have on my todo to allow some kind of “Send Anyways” for 
> this issue.
>
>> Also, I have tried to create a Sha-256 hash algorithm but failed and 
>> couldn’t find a solution on the web. Could anyone point me into the 
>> right direction?
>
> I'm not a general expert on OpenPGP settings (and I tend to forget how 
> some details work), but I think this is the setting you need in your 
> configuration file (`~/.gnupg/gpg.conf`):
>
> 	personal-digest-preferences SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 SHA224
>
> But I'm sure someone else on the list will correct me if this is not 
> the correct solution :)
>
> -- 
> Benny
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