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Re: MD5 Collisions and Evidence Integrity

Subject: Re: MD5 Collisions and Evidence Integrity
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:08:23 -0800
Anders Thulin wrote:
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.

I read that as well. Another thing, there are many other good hash algorithms out there. Tiger192, Whirlpool, are all strong hash algorithms. It's a shame more people aren't familiar with them.




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