On Jan 28, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Neal McBurnett wrote: > Cryptographers are nervous about not only MD5, but also all the > functions in the same class, which includes SHA-1 and SHA-256. The > latter ones use more bits and thus have more life in them than MD5
This is an oversimplification. The SHA-2 family is not merely a longer SHA-1; while closely based on SHA-1, the SHA-2 compression function is different enough that the resulting hashes are much stronger, and practical attacks on SHA-2 are considered unlikely in at least the next ten years. -- Ivan Krstić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://radian.org -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
