Wow Felipe ... WowT
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:38 AM, webmas...@felipe1982.com <+gpg2+maniams+aec56db6fa.webmaster#felipe1982....@spamgourmet.com> wrote: > > > As of this writing, no algorithm supported by GnuPG has been > > compromised. Even MD5 is still on its feet. > i don't think this is correct. See: > http://th.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/People/lucks/HashCollisions/ > > > felipe > > I say Wow here to the simple presentation of the collision and also forwarding this great piece here. The technical gurus of this board may have found the above link boring....but a novice like me found it very interesting I'm looking for similar simple explanations like the above on what a hash functions is and what algorithms are and what other basics should some one know before making _their_own_ choice of algos, hash etc any pointers would be most appreciated regards maniams
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