:-)  Good one!

Ken

On Feb 3, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Darren Boyd wrote:

>
> http://xkcd.com/538/
>
> Sorry, I couldn't help myself :).
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:51 AM, robert <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Depending on the nature of your application, keep in mind that both
> MerbAuth and restful auth use SHA1 for hashing, which was broken 3
> years ago by collision.
>
> SSL, which most providers use MD5 for hashing was also broken and it's
> proven that you can create repeatable collisions at will and it's only
> a matter time until the same is true for SHA1 as more studying is
> being done in China.
>
> Just some things to keep in mind when thinking about the security of
> your application.
>
>
> >


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