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Re: [Full-disclosure] MD5 algorithm considered toxic (and harmful)
- To: "Kristian Erik Hermansen" <kristian.hermansen@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] MD5 algorithm considered toxic (and harmful)
- From: coderman <coderman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 15:09:32 -0800
On Dec 1, 2007 5:06 AM, Kristian Erik Hermansen
<kristian.hermansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [MD5 is dead like WEP]
yup.
> And since Chinese researchers have been
> attacking SHA-1 lately, should SHA-256 be considered the proper
> replacement?
SHA2 is good. (so 256 or 512). the design differs from SHA1 and
avoids the weaknesses being exploited against this hash func.
still, ~2^69 collision resistance for SHA1 is a world of security
better than MD5. iMD5 is really dead, lingering only to feast on the
brains of the unawares...
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