first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-19 Thread john gilmore
Shiaoyun Wang has done it again! After breaking MD5 last year, she has now broken SHA-1. The NSA's own pridefully recommended encryption system now affords not even minimal security. Look to the situations in which you are using it, directly or at one remove. John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1

Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-19 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of john gilmore > > Shiaoyun Wang has done it again! After breaking MD5 last > year, she has now broken SHA-1. 1. Who is Shiaoyun Wang? 2. Are these general mathematical refutations of the algorithms? -jc- ---

Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-19 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 1:30 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1 > > > > -Original Messag

Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-19 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
McKown, John wrote: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/sha1_broken.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/cryptanalysis_o.html These posts are ten months old -- from February 2005. Seems like this isn't exactly new news among the cryptographic community. -- .-

Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-19 Thread Greg Grimm
. "Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 12/19/2005 11:30 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc: Subject: Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1 > -Original Message- &g

Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, john gilmore said: > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:04:43 + > > Shiaoyun Wang has done it again! After breaking MD5 last year, she has now > broken SHA-1. The NSA's own pridefully recommended encryption system now > affords not even minimal security. > > Look to the si

Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-19 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Greg Grimm > > Go to http://www.k2crypt.com/sha1.html Thanks. There were no hits on Google for the apparently "americanized" spelling "Shiaoyun Wang", but many relevant hits were returned for "Xiaoyun Wang". -jc

Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-19 Thread john gilmore
New details of the Wang's attack---She is at Tsinhua University in Beijing---have emerged and arel being published in the December 17th issue of the New Scientist. I personally have seen even morer details, and I am now satisfied that SHA-1 is dead. Moreover, it is now clear that the whole cl

Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-19 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 19:04 + on 12/19/2005, john gilmore wrote about first MD5 and now SHA-1: Shiaoyun Wang has done it again! After breaking MD5 last year, she has now broken SHA-1. The NSA's own pridefully recommended encryption system now affords not even minimal security. Look to the situatio

Re: first MD5 and now SHA-1

2005-12-21 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:16:52 -0500 "Robert A. Rosenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>At 19:04 + on 12/19/2005, john gilmore wrote about first MD5 and now SHA-1: :>>Shiaoyun Wang has done it again! After breaking MD5 last year, she :>>has now broken S