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Re: MD5 Collisions and Evidence Integrity

Subject: Re: MD5 Collisions and Evidence Integrity
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:12:11 +0100
Ferrill, Rob wrote:

Has anyone stopped using MD5 for hashing evidence files since the
disclosure of collision issues at the Crypto 2004 conference?

The current discussion apart, it's interesting to note that Ferguson & Schneier (Practical Cryptography, 2003) recommend that neither MD5 nor SHA-1 be used. The authors set a 'security target' of 128 bits strength for their recommendations: SHA-256 is the 'weakest' hash function they recommend.

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