Microsoft is preparing to once and for all drop support for the SHA-1 hash algorithm.
Redmond this week said that on Monday, August 3, Windows downloads signed using SHA-1 will no longer be offered by the Windows app'n'updates download center, the last step in a SHA-2 transition that has been going on for more than a year now.
"To support evolving industry security standards, and continue to keep you protected and productive, Microsoft will retire content that is Windows-signed for Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) from the Microsoft Download Center on August 3, 2020," Microsoft said in a tech bulletin.
"This is the next step in our continued efforts to adopt Secure Hash Algorithm 2 (SHA-2), which better meets modern security requirements and offers added protections from common attack vectors."
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