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Chinese Prof Cracks SHA-1 Data Encryption Scheme
Hades1010 writes to mention an article in the Epoch Times (a Chinese newspaper) about a brilliant Chinese professor who has cracked her fifth encryption scheme in ten years. This one's a doozy, too: she and her team have taken out the SHA-1 scheme, which includes the (highly thought of) MD5 algorithm. As a result, the U.S. government and major corporations will cease using the scheme within the next few years. From the article: " These two main algorithms are currently the crucial technology that electronic signatures and many other password securities use throughout the international community. They are widely used in banking, securities, and e-commerce. SHA-1 has been recognized as the cornerstone for modern Internet security. According to the article, in the early stages of Wang's research, there were other data encryption researchers who tried to crack it. However, none of them succeeded. This is why in 15 years Hash research had become the domain of hopeless research in many scientists' minds. "
Because China now uses anti-satellite weapons now, so we have to "up" the evil-status a bit.
Next week, we'll hear that this same prof has some pirated DVDs
SHA-1 includes both addition and modulo, which we can no longer consider secure.
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I misread that as "set the evil-bit".
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All your bank, are belong to us.
We are all just people.
We gain the obvious: The more we know, the better off we are.
You never read any H.P Lovecraft then...
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
The probability is very small in a random universe, not any one you pick. And it still only implies a finite number of universes. And the correct spelling is "astronomically", which however means extremely large. You probably meant "infinitesimally"
That is 1 for school masterism, 0 for responding without thinking.
Speaking as a graduate student already avoiding all teaching duties and enjoying grants that basically asking nothing in return (my country is generous with funding), I think rewarding laziness is a very good thing.
Have you ever considered piracy? You'd make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts.
And I hear that Microsoft is still looking for that one person.
rehashed story makes collision attacks ^2 as bad ! doh !
Cool, now we can let all the other lazy bastards go and save some money.
And by the way, what has he done for us lately?
KFG
Last time I checked Lovecraft wrote fiction. And crappy fiction, at that.
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Jesus loves you, I think you suck
Oh.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
What moron approved this poorly-written and inaccurate story? Oh wait this is Slashdot.....
Miles, meet Zonk.
BTW, I like how you tactfully left out the fact that it's a dupe.
well seeing how big and successful they've become _without_ him/her, I'd really rather they never found them...
Or maybe I'm underestimating him
Ahem. That should be 'misunderestimating'.
Dude, I don't know whether or not she cracked SHA-1, but, as brilliant, 39-year-old, female mathematics professors go, this chick is HOT!!!
Man, what I wouldn't do to make babies with a chick like that...
Even the US government, which moves at the speed of a glacier
With due thanks to the environmental policies of the US government, glaciers are moving faster now, too.