Baku, Azerbaijan, May 11
By Huseyn Veliyev - Trend:
Azerbaijan's National Center for Certification of Electronic Signatures refuses from the outdated Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) , a cryptographic computer security algorithm in favor of SHA-2, a source in the country's IT market told Trend.
Presently, many countries switch to SHA-2, which is considered much safer compared to the previous version.
"The switch from an outdated algorithm to upgraded one is expected before the end of 2018," the source said.
The SHA-1 algorithm was developed in 1995. In 2005, security flaws were identified in SHA-1. In this regard, Microsoft completely refused to support certificates based on SHA-1.
The key public infrastructure in Azerbaijan is based on Microsoft solutions.
Unlike SHA-1, SHA-2 is more secure and it relies on TLS, SSH and PGP file transfer protocols. In addition, thanks to the SHA-2 algorithm, Bitcoin and many other alt-coins are being 'mined'.
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