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doc: cksum: document secure hash algorithms
* doc/coreutils.texi (cksum general options): Mention hash algorithms that are currently considered secure against malicious tampering.
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@@ -4229,6 +4229,15 @@ Supported more modern digest algorithms are:
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@samp{sm3} only available through @command{cksum}
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@end example
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The following algorithms are currently considered secure against
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malicious tampering, i.e., there is no known way to modify a file to
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produce the same checksum:
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@example
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@samp{sha2} equivalent to @command{sha@{224,256,384,512@}sum}
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@samp{sha3} only available through @command{cksum}
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@samp{blake2b} equivalent to @command{b2sum}
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@end example
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@item --base64
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@opindex --base64
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@cindex base64 checksum encoding
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