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Re: Fwd: Potential SHA 1 Hack Using Distributed Computing - Near Miss(es) May be Good Enough

Paul Hoffman
Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:38:39 -0700

At 4:49 PM -0300 8/14/07, Mads Rasmussen wrote:
Have a look at

http://boinc.iaik.tugraz.at/sha1_coll_search

Did that, in specific <http://www.iaik.tugraz.at/research/krypto/collision/SHA1Collision_Description.php>

Note the lack of information about what they are actually doing. "We developed new cryptanalytic methods..." sounds great, but is meaningless without specifics.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium

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