>
> I'm sure Joseph knows all the following, but just to clarify:
>
> With "36^3" Joseph's referring to finding two pre-images that hash to the
> same image. For that attack, the work effort would indeed be 36^3. It's
> not clear from Darryl's query whether his protocol is vulnerable to such
> From: Joseph Ashwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > From: "Darryl Wagoner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: security in small signatures
> > I was wondering if using a 6 characters check signature (0-9A-Z)
> > could provide any trust level?
> > Are we talking about mins, hours, days or weeks to
- Original Message -
From: "Darryl Wagoner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: security in small signatures
> I was wondering if using a 6 characters check signature (0-9A-Z)
> could provide any trust level?
> Are we talking about mins, hours, days or weeks to crack?
You'd be looking at a fract
