[Feature] Request for SHA256 authentication type in AMI Challenge Action

[tan629]

Is your feature or improvement request related to a problem? Please describe.

I am using a C# app to communicate with Asterisk (AMI). I was looking for ways to avoid sending plain text password over the TCP connection to log in to AMI.

While MD5 challenge action provides a nice way to achieve this, Microsoft does not advise using MD5 hashing in C# apps due to collision issues in the MD5 algorithm.

Instead, it has been suggested that SHA256 authentication type should be used.

Having the SHA256 authentication type in AMI challenge action would be beneficial for everyone as it is a better hashing algorithm than MD5

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to see an option for SHA256 authentication type in Challenge action in AMI

Describe alternatives you've considered

An alternative would be to use TLS option in AMI but the challenge / response system seems to be easier to use.

Additional context

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