Hash Algorithms for HTTP Digest Fields

Created

  • 2023-07-27

Last Updated

  • 2024-05-22

Available Formats

Hash Algorithms for HTTP Digest Fields

Registration Procedure(s)

  • Specification Required

Expert(s)

  • Roberto Polli (primary), Lucas Pardue (secondary)

Reference

Available Formats

Algorithm Key Status Description Reference
sha-512 Active The SHA-512 algorithm. RFC 6234; RFC 4648; RFC 9530
sha-256 Active The SHA-256 algorithm. RFC 6234; RFC 4648; RFC 9530
md5 Deprecated The MD5 algorithm. It is vulnerable to collision attacks; see NO-MD5 and CMU-836068 RFC 1321; RFC 4648; RFC 9530
sha Deprecated The SHA-1 algorithm. It is vulnerable to collision attacks; see NO-SHA and IACR-2020-014 RFC 3174; RFC 4648; RFC 6234; RFC 9530
unixsum Deprecated The algorithm used by the UNIX "sum" command. RFC 4648; RFC 6234; UNIX; RFC 9530
unixcksum Deprecated The algorithm used by the UNIX "cksum" command. RFC 4648; RFC 6234; UNIX; RFC 9530
adler Deprecated The ADLER32 algorithm. RFC 1950; RFC 9530
crc32c Deprecated The CRC32c algorithm. RFC 9260, Appendix A; RFC 9530