Re: [Sam Hartman] Openpgp comments

* Werner Koch wrote:
> I have not heard about any plans to switch to SHA-2.  At least Germany
> is still using RIPME-MD160 out of fear that SHA-1 has been developed
> in the U.S.  I don't think that this algorithm is any better than
> SHA-1 but some people decided in the past to use an European algorithm
> (another layer 9 issue).
With respect to the (not so) recent attacks of hash functions, RIPEMD is a
better choice then just another SHA variant.