On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:44:36PM -0800, Chip Salzenberg wrote:
> * The SHA-2 family (including SHA-256 and other variants) is showing no
> signs of weakness AFAIK.
> * Whirlpool [**] seems strong enough too; Bruce Schneier describes it
> as "a good choice".
Not to make a long discussion of this, but there's also:
* RIPEMD160
http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~bosselae/ripemd160.html
I'm getting the feeling that the real lesson is that any hash header
system we build will require pluggable hash algorithms, because
anything we pick as strong today may be broken tomorrow (or in ten
years).
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Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
