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SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the lucky-numbers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Exciting advances in breaking hash functions this week at the CRYPTO conference. SHA-0 has definitely been broken (collision found in the full function). Rumors are that at the informal rump session, a researcher will announce a collision in full MD5 and RIPEMD-128. And Ed Felten is speculating about collisions in SHA-1! Many systems, especially those that use cryptography for digital signatures are most at risk here."

3 of 707 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Umm... by logic+hack · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Are you kidding? Once Longhorn is released, these systems will be in every living room!

  2. ObGoatse by sharkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    i just want to know what the fuck a "rump session" is

    I think it's a hands-on instructional session.

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  3. Bobby Fischer by VonKruel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fischer is/was a great chess player, but the guy thinks that Sept. 11 was a great thing, and so... he's a shithead. I don't care what kinda chess skillz he has - he is a shithead. Not that America is any safer if they get him, but on the other hand I won't shed any tears for that jerk.

    And Michael Moore is a fat boob.

    Hmm .. am I off-topic?