[Fwd: NIST - FIPS 186-3: The Digital Signature]

2009-06-11 Thread Robert Relyea
---BeginMessage--- NIST - Federal Information Processing Standard (FIP) Publication 186-3 NIST announces the adoption of FIPS 186-3, The Digital Signature Standard (see the Federal Register Notice). FIPS 186-3 is a revision of FIPS 186-2. The FIPS specifies three techniques for the generation

Re: SHA-1 collisions now 2^52

2009-06-11 Thread Nelson B Bolyard
On 2009-04-30 15:49 PDT, I wrote: SHA-1 has taken a significant hit. See http://eurocrypt2009rump.cr.yp.to/837a0a8086fa6ca714249409ddfae43d.pdf That URL was for a set of 4 slides that were presented at a conference. They didn't reveal much detail. Now, the paper revealing the details has