Re: "SHA1" or "SHA-1"

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On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 07:50, Ulrich Windl
<ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I always thought, the official notation for "Secure Hash Algorithm #1" [FIPS-180-
> 1] was "SHA-1", and not "SHA1". However in the documentation I found many
> occurrencies of "SHA1". If someone is working on spelling errors, could that be
> changed?

I too believe it is SHA-1; I endorse changing all occurences of SHA1 to SHA-1.

> Unfortunately RFC 3174 talks about "SHA-1" all the time, with the exception of the
> title that says: "US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1)"...

Sigh... Such is the world of "standards".
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