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[needs-packaging] md4sum hash utility requests to be added

Bug #307928 reported by Kolby Heacock
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Ubuntu
Fix Committed
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Kolby Heacock
Declined for Jaunty by Steve Langasek

Bug Description

[needs-packaging] md4sum hash utility

Md4sum generates or checks MD4 checksums applying the algorithm specified in RFC 1320. Its default behavior is to generate and print checksums for all files passed as arguments.

URL: http://linux.xulin.de/c/
License: GPL v2
Notes: This is a utility "dedicated to the eDonkey network and mldonkey."

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lp:~rzr-team/md4sum/main
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Patrick Kilgore (patrick-kilgore) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to request this package and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately you have not provided enough information for a developer to start packaging this application. Please make sure this bug meets the guidelines at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages. An example of a complete package request is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages/ExamplePackageRequest.

Kolby Heacock (kolbyheacock)
description: updated
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Philippe Coval (rzr) wrote :

This tool would be helpfull into ubuntu, I agrea, if it helps a link to dsc :

http://ppa.launchpad.net/kolbyheacock/ubuntu/pool/main/m/md4sum/

Kolby Heacock (kolbyheacock)
description: updated
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Kolby Heacock (kolbyheacock) wrote :

I have uploaded the package to REVU.

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Kolby Heacock (kolbyheacock) wrote :

After review by Ubuntu MOTUs, this package will not be added to the repositories due to the hashing algorithm's technical inferiority. The RFC 1320 algorithm is so weak, it was marked as a security flaw.

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Philippe Coval (rzr) wrote :

So is md5hash, I'll hope a solution will be found

http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/p/md4sum

Kolby Heacock (kolbyheacock)
Changed in ubuntu:
assignee: nobody → Kolby Heacock (kolbyheacock)
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Kolby Heacock (kolbyheacock) wrote :

This took a long time. hopefully packaging this utility will do someone good somewhere at some time. Regardless, I have learned more about packaging, which is I packaged this. Thanks to Mr. Coval for helping me through my first package.

Changed in ubuntu:
status: Invalid → Fix Committed
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