On Nov 9, 2014 8:42 PM, "Damien Miller" <djm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Nov 2014, shawn wilson wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Damien Miller <djm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > That's always a good idea, but try not to reinvent the wheel too much > > here: http://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=example_hashes > > There's no m5(sha512(word)) but $foo$fpr or $foo$host$fpr should maybe > > be used? > > I don't think password hashes are a good model for key fingerprints. > Password hashes are intended for consumption in password databases, > key fingerprints are intended for rapid and accurate comparison by > humans. > It is to identify a hash. Who cares what the hash is of. I was pointing out prior design that'd be good to use here. > BTW I think md5(inner_hash(x)) is a terrible idea :) I don't see a benefit to doing this but also no harm. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
