RE: security in small signatures

2001-03-03 Thread Darryl Wagoner
> > 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

RE: security in small signatures

2001-03-02 Thread Michael Wojcik
> 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? > >

Re: security in small signatures

2001-03-02 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- 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 cra

security in small signatures

2001-03-02 Thread Darryl Wagoner
Greetings, One of the possible goals of my open Trusted QSL (QSL in amateur radio means ACK) is to have a small check signature to validate contacts. I was wondering if using a 6 characters check signature (0-9A-Z) could provide any trust level? Maybe us the first character as an starting offset