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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."

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WOOT!!

  2. huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sorry what now?

  3. md5 hacked, better start using plain text by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP !

  4. Re:md5 is so weak by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I isn't figuring out your grammer. :)

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

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

  6. Re:Should We Fear? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bush will be exposed as a witless robot

    OMG IT HAS|ALREADY BEGUNN!!

    OMG WFT?!?

  7. Re:ec7b19b60e616fb1c6013d4ada83ec32 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell is a rump session? Would some GNAA member care to fill us in, as they seem to be experts on this kind of thing.

  8. Re:Bah, I give up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    try fr1st p0st, or, actually, why dont you use i forget what perl module to grab the titles of the first few posts from subsequent slashdot article... surely one has whatever the guy's using

  9. 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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  10. Re:Kind of expected this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot Grammer Nazi says:

    You mean "Kind have expected this."

  11. Re:Is anything... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    pussy

  12. 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?

  13. Looking out the window into the building across... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the way this morning. I saw one new moon, with two distinct lobes. And interestingly enough there appeared to be growing on its cratered surface...hair. Staring in complete awe, I was taken by the fact that there was, what appeared to be, a black hole between the two lobes...strange indeed!