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Re: Sha2 SSL Certificate

To: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>
Subject: Re: Sha2 SSL Certificate
From: jungleboogie0 <jungleboogie0@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:58:01 -0700
Cc: tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com
In-reply-to: <00000146b268d897-cec67001-fff2-4c68-b516-51eb1667d60c-000000@email.amazonses.com>
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Hi Colin,
On 18 June 2014 21:35, Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com> wrote:
> On 06/18/14 20:12, jungleboogie0 wrote:
>> I was wondering if you will be upgrading to a SHA2 SSL/TLS cert in
>> August when your existing SSL/TLS expires.
>
> No.  Not sure I see any point really...

Well would anything detrimental be introduced that could possibly
break it? Probably not.

>
>> You could even go with ECDSA for extra nerd points!
>
> You mean, if I wanted less compatibility?

Security is always a trade off...

>
> --
> Colin Percival
> Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
> Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
>



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