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marvin_r
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Feb 23, 2021

Encryption algorithm compatibility

Hi,  In VS when I "Create App Packages" one of the options is "Encryption algorithm".    All documentation I've seen uses SHA256. Presumably the other options (SHA512 and SHA384) have less compati...
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SahibiMiranshah
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Mar 05, 2021
Both appx framework and signing support sha384 and sha512 also. But sha256 is the default in a lot of tools starting from Windows 8. You could use any of these algorithms.
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marvin_r
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Mar 05, 2021

Hmm, ok. Thank you for the reply. But if there is no reason to change this from the default SHA-256, may I then suggest that you remove that option from the VS publish dialog?

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