SHA1 Microsoft/AdaCore SAS signature on the Windows installer
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- Dominant language
- Ada
- Stars
- 531
- Forks
- 65
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
The Microsoft/AdaCore SAS signature on the installer is SHA1. Hopefully there is no problem in switching it up to the strongly recommended SHA256.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Windows installer build and signing configuration, since the issue identifies the installer signature but no file or test. Check how the Microsoft/AdaCore SAS signature is produced and verify the resulting installer uses SHA256 rather than SHA1.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- release, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100