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Bug 1444937

Summary:	doc RFE: Release note for updated hash algorithm when generating certificates and public key fingerprints
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfe>
Component:	Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-en-US	Assignee:	Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfe>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:	Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfe>
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	7.4	CC:	pvoborni, rcritten, rhel-docs, slaznick, tscherf
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	FutureFeature
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:	IdM now generates SHA-256 certificate and public key fingerprints Previously, Identity Management (IdM) used the MD5 hash algorithm when generating fingerprints for certificates and public keys. To increase security, IdM now uses the SHA-256 algorithm in the mentioned scenario.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2017-05-05 12:36:12 UTC	Type:	Bug
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
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Description Marc Muehlfeld 2017-04-24 15:00:09 UTC

While FIPS support was implemented in BZ#1125174, MD5 was replaced with SHA-256 for generating certificate and public key fingerprints.

However, this default was changed in IPA in general and not only if FIPS mode is enabled. For this reason, this should get an individual Release Note in 7.4.