[GitHub] [commons-codec] YYTVicky commented on a change in pull request #44: Update DigestUtils.java

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YYTVicky commented on a change in pull request #44:
URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/pull/44#discussion_r571465718



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File path: src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/digest/DigestUtils.java
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@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ public static MessageDigest getDigest(final String algorithm) {
      */
     public static MessageDigest getDigest(final String algorithm, final MessageDigest defaultMessageDigest) {
         try {
+            /** potential insecure algorithm (MD2, MD5, SHA1, SHA256) called here */

Review comment:
       Hi @garydgregory , Thanks a lot for your kind reply, we are a security research team at Virginia Tech. We are doing an empirical study about the usefulness of the existing security vulnerability detection tools. May we follow up on several questions: 
    **Is the bug report helpful?**
   **will you prefer to fix the reported vulnerability**
   **Are there any types of bugs/security vulnerabilities you want the detection tools to pay more attention to?**
   Appreciate any feedback from your side!
   




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