RE: MD5 algorithm in XSEC

2005-10-27 Thread Michael Johnson
I agree that removal of MD5 might be bad (maybe deprecate the use of MD5 in the components), but we should default our use of it to something else or have a means to plug in alternatives. I don't think it would be good for the "security" project to support MD5 when other (better) alternatives exist

RE: MD5 algorithm in XSEC

2005-10-27 Thread Matthias Niggemeier
> -Original Message- > From: Milan Tomic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: MD5 algorithm in XSEC > Are you aware of recent collision findings for MD5 algorithm? > > > I think that MD5 algorithm suppor

RE: MD5 algorithm in XSEC

2005-10-27 Thread Milan Tomic
Title: Nachricht Hello Werner,   Are you aware of recent collision findings for MD5 algorithm?   For example:   1. Two certificates with the same MD5 digest (both certificates differs in only few (5 or 6) bytes of the public key):   http://www.win.tue.nl/~bdeweger/CollidingCertifica