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authorTomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>2023-01-20 11:40:45 +0100
committerTomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>2023-01-23 11:46:37 +0100
commit299f096ff39ed4b473d2ccd39060f088eb98ce1d (patch)
tree1b3d5a824a72345ae25fa058dcc466f4f194e6a9 /doc
parent5f77f91a42f8a8bb0cdf6ca6cbd4622dd2f3fece (diff)
MD5.pod: Recommend SHA-2 or SHA-3 family hashes instead of legacy ones
Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com> Reviewed-by: Hugo Landau <hlandau@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/20095) (cherry picked from commit 61222b95ff20f6a7bb20668e43b657561efdb922)
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diff --git a/doc/man3/MD5.pod b/doc/man3/MD5.pod
index 5d1a8eb7da..e4971d16a9 100644
--- a/doc/man3/MD5.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/MD5.pod
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ etc. instead of calling the hash functions directly.
=head1 NOTE
MD2, MD4, and MD5 are recommended only for compatibility with existing
-applications. In new applications, SHA-1 or RIPEMD-160 should be
-preferred.
+applications. In new applications, hashes from the SHA-2 or SHA-3 family
+should be preferred.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ RFC 1319, RFC 1320, RFC 1321
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<EVP_DigestInit(3)>
+L<EVP_DigestInit(3)>, L<EVP_MD-SHA2(7)>, L<EVP_MD-SHA3(7)>
=head1 HISTORY