Re: [IP] One cryptographer's perspective on the SHA-1 result

2005-03-06 Thread james hughes
On Mar 4, 2005, at 5:23 PM, James A. Donald wrote: The attacks on MD*/SHA* are weak and esoteric. On this we respectfuly disagree. You make it sound trivial. Wang has been working on these results for over 10 years. She received the largest applause at Crypto 2004 session from her peers I have

Re: [IP] One cryptographer's perspective on the SHA-1 result

2005-03-05 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 23 Feb 2005 at 21:37, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: I don't know if there's quite the need for open process for a hash function as there was for a secrecy algorithm. The AES process, after all, had to cope with the legacy of Clipper and key escrow, to say nothing of the 25 years of DES

Re: [IP] One cryptographer's perspective on the SHA-1 result

2005-03-03 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
Burt Kaliski posted the following to Dave Farber's IP list. I was about to post something similar myself. Beyond that, it is now clear that the industry needs an open evaluation process -- like the Advanced Encryption Standard competition -- to establish a new hash function standard for the

FW: [IP] One cryptographer's perspective on the SHA-1 result

2005-03-03 Thread Trei, Peter
Full disclosure: Burt Kaliski and I share an employer. Peter Trei -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Farber Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:48 PM To: Ip Subject: [IP] One cryptographer's perspective on the SHA-1 result From