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commit 962013fa4b5c1da7a39e5249e146e80f8ca6a7ed
Author: Simon Josefsson <address@hidden>
Date:   Fri Feb 4 09:04:10 2011 +0100

    Fix MD2 documentation.
    
    Suggested by "brian m. carlson" <address@hidden> in
    debian bug #464625.

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Summary of changes:
 doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi |    5 ++---
 doc/signatures.texi       |   10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi b/doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi
index e0fad22..1b2c211 100644
--- a/doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi
+++ b/doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ hash algorithm.
 
 @item MD2
 MD2 is a cryptographic hash algorithm designed by Ron Rivest.  It is
-optimized for 8-bit processors. Outputs 128 bits of data.  There are
-no known weaknesses of this algorithm but since this algorithm is
-rarely used and not really studied it should not be used today.
+optimized for 8-bit processors.  Outputs 128 bits of data.  There are
+several known weaknesses of this algorithm and it should not be used.
 
 @item MD5
 MD5 is a cryptographic hash algorithm designed by Ron Rivest. Outputs
diff --git a/doc/signatures.texi b/doc/signatures.texi
index 7ad761f..32e1013 100644
--- a/doc/signatures.texi
+++ b/doc/signatures.texi
@@ -75,10 +75,12 @@ The supported cryptographic hash algorithms are:
 
 @table @code
 @item MD2
-MD2 is a cryptographic hash algorithm designed by Ron Rivest. It is
-optimized for 8-bit processors. Outputs 128 bits of data. There are no
-known weaknesses of this algorithm but since this algorithm is rarely
-used and not really studied it should not be used today.
+MD2 is a cryptographic hash algorithm designed by Ron Rivest.  It is
+optimized for 8-bit processors.  Outputs 128 bits of data.  There are
+several known weaknesses of this algorithm and it should not be used.
+Unfortunately some CA certificates signed with RSA-MD2 are still in
+use, but this is acceptable because the RSA-MD2 signature is not
+involved in certificate validation.
 
 @item MD5
 MD5 is a cryptographic hash algorithm designed by Ron Rivest. Outputs


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