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Re: [PATCH] Upgrade ssh_connection_hash from SHA1 to SHA256
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Date:
Tue, 2 Sep 2025 01:14:33 +0100

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2 Sept 2025 00:51:51 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>:

> IMO, at 64 characters, a hex-encoded SHA256 hash is too long for this.
> It should be truncated and/or a modified b64 encoding use.

Perhaps it doesn't matter but wouldn't b64 lengthen or weaken the hash bits. CMAC would be shorter?