Hash algorithm interoperability

Vendor

MD5

SHA-1

SHA-256

SHA-384

SHA-512

1024-bit*

Software

CAcert

No

Yes

Can be supported, but insufficent browser support

No

OpenSSL 0.9.8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

GnuPG 1.4.2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

PGP 9.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Firefox+TB 1.5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Firefox 2.0 Beta

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Konqueror

Konqueror depends on the installed OpenSSL

Java SE 1.5.0_08

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Java SE/ME 1.x

Yes via Bouncy Castle Libs

No

Outlook (Express)

?

?

?

?

?

?

Opera

?

?

?

?

?

?

Safari

?

?

?

?

?

?

Evolution

?

?

?

?

?

?

KMail

?

?

?

?

?

?

Apple Mail

?

?

?

?

?

?

Operating Systems (and pre-installed Utils)

Debian Stable (OpenSSL 0.9.7)

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Debian Stable (GnuPG 1.4.1)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Debian Testing (Etch) (OpenSSL 0.9.8c)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

SuSE 8.0 (OpenSSL 0.9.6c)

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

SuSE 10.1 (OpenSSL 0.9.8a)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

SuSE 10.1 (GnuPG 1.4.2)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

FC2-FC4 (OpenSSL 0.9.7)

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

FC4 (GnuPG)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

FC5 (OpenSSL 0.9.8a)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Ubuntu 6.06 (OpenSSL 0.9.8a)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Ubuntu 6.06 (GnuPG 1.4.2.2)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

FreeBSD 5.5-6.1 (md5 command, libmd)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

FreeBSD 6.1-6.2 (OpenSSL 0.9.7)

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

MacOSX 10.4 (OpenSSL 0.9.7)

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Mandriva 2006 (OpenSSL 0.9.7g)

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Mandriva 2007 (OpenSSL 0.9.8b)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Knoppix 4.0.2 (OpenSSL 0.9.7g)

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Knoppix 5.0.1 (OpenSSL 0.9.8a)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Windows until XP SP2

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Windows Vista (according to MS)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

NetBSD 3.0-3.1_RC1**

Yes

Yes

No**

No**

No**

No

NetBSD 4_Beta (OpenSSL 0.9.8b)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

OpenBSD 3.4 (cksum command, libc)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

OpenBSD 3.6-4.0 (OpenSSL 0.9.7)

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

* Do we have notice of any secure/functional/in-progress/concept 1024bit hash?

** Easily upgradeable through the pkgsrc subsystem to include such hashes