Newsletter Archives

• Patch Lady: Preparing for Microsoft’s patch-security changes

  Posted on April 8, 2019 at 03:44 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Are you running Windows 7 or Server 2008? There are some important updates coming down the pike, and you need to install them if you want to keep getting security patches.

  Patch Lady Susan Bradley takes you through the why’s and wherefore’s of the massive change from SHA-1 to SHA-2, and why it’s important for all Win7 and Server 2008 machines (and WSUS 3.0 update servers).

  Details in this week’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.13.0, out this morning to AskWoody Plus Members.

  Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch, SHA-1, SHA-2

• At death’s door for years, widely used SHA1 function is now dead

  Posted on February 23, 2017 at 09:59 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  The two most common file encryption/hashing methods are now officially compromised. MD5 was hacked years ago. Now, Google has come up with an algorithm that generates two different PDF files with the same SHA1 hash.

  Still unscathed: SHA-256 and SHA-3

  Important article by Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

  Other SHA-1

• Windows programmers: Renew or upgrade your code signing certificates now

  Posted on December 16, 2015 at 11:45 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  There’s an interesting debate about using old SHA-1 technology, vs the newer SHA-2.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  t/h David Ching

  Windows News certs, SHA-1, SHA-2