Add the SHA256 Hash algorithm to VPN Firewall FVS336Gv3

Hello Guardian2100, 

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Unfortunately i can't click on the UP arrow which is logical.

Hello Guardian2100, 

Sorry, I didn't notice that it also does not work on Idea Exchange as well. Anyway, I gave you a kudos on this one. 

Thanks, 

How in the word doesn't netgear support SHA-2 by now?

SHA-1 has been killed January 2017. Everyone else has been migrating for months.

Netgear is last to the party... frustrating.

abrightidea,

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DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

DaneA let's reframe this... SHA-2 isn't a suggestion... it's a *worldwide requirement*

Netgear needs to get on the horse here. Way behind. We're already searching for alternatives. Not that we want to, but we have to.

abrightidea,

I believe our development team is already aware of this.  

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

Just throwing this out here folks.....

SHA-1 has been officially broken. Not just "proof of concept", but out in the wild; Github just suffered a major data corruption issue due to SHA-1's weaknessess.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/at-deaths-door-for-years-widely-used-sha1-function-is-now-dead/

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/watershed-sha1-collision-just-broke-the-webkit-repository-others-may-follow/

NETGEAR, you NEED to FIX THIS! Your VPN doesn't even support SHA-256 as the transport hash algorithm, much less for certificates. This is VERY UNSAFE!

ALL CERTIFICATE AUTHORITIES ARE NO LONER ISSUING SHA-1 CERTS!!!

I realize that adding support for SAH-256 in the firmware, is a big hit on the CPU, and I am willing to accept a lesser concurrent VPN sessions when I choose this level of encryption. NETGEAR needs to add higher encryption levels as soon as possible. How hard is it to get a dateline on when it will be released!

Regard,

Biz.

I hope Negear can provide ETA for this necessary enhancement.