Use FIPS Compliant sha256 algorithm for hashing #13318
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Purpose
md5 and md4 (the webpack default) hashes are disabled on FIPS compliant systems.
Additionally sha256 is less prone to collisions.
See issue #11214
Verification
I verified these changes by:
npm install
npm start
http://localhost:3000
loads the react template app../packages/cra-template/template/src/App.js
and observing the changes made are reflected onhttp://localhost:3000
.Additionally I ran
npm run build
before and after my changes were applied to see that the filenames under./build/static/js
reflect the changed hash algorithm.Output of
ls build/static/js
afternpm run build
on commit 4170341Output of
ls build/static/js
afternpm run build
on commit 0a827f6Output of
ls build/static/js
afternpm run build
on commit 4170341 (again)