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Characteristic of a hash/encrypted output
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Description
One of the information that can be included in the crypto-algorithms list is the general characteristic of the output
- The length of the output, if it is fixed (in the case of hash)
- The prefix of the output, if any
- Some other patterns
This can be useful for a basic validation of the output.
See the list of the output characteristics of HashAlgorithm in SPDX 3.0.1, as collected by @ilans here:
https://github.com/spdx/spdx-3-model/issues/983
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- 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
Review the algorithm list and the linked SPDX 3.0.1 HashAlgorithm characteristics issue first. Identify how algorithm entries and their metadata are represented, then clarify the format for fixed lengths, prefixes, and other patterns with maintainers. Done means the characteristics are specified and consistently represented in the list.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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- Domain
- cryptography
- Issue type
- Feature
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- 5/5
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- Over a week
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- Stale
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- Mostly clear
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- 35/100