SHA-1 broken?

February 15th, 2005 | No Comments | Posted in General Techologies

From Schneier’s blog:

SHA-1 has been broken. Not a reduced-round version. Not a simplified version. The real thing.

The research team of Xiaoyun Wang, Yiqun Lisa Yin, and Hongbo Yu (mostly from Shandong University in China) have been quietly circulating a paper announcing their results

Definitely watch Schneier’s site for more information if you are interested.

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