[OTR-dev] OTR and SHA1

Kjell Braden kb at pentabarf.de
Mon Apr 30 06:47:31 EDT 2012


On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:39:09 -0400 Paul Wouters wrote
> Similarly, the pidgin-otr code seems to use SHA1 to store public keys
> as finger prints. I assume that can easilly be changed to SHA25 without
> interop issues, as I assume this is only a local representation?

Keep in mind that the fingerprints can be used for verification, so it's not entirely used for local representation on the client side.

-Kjell
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