Re: MD5 To Be Considered Harmful Someday

["George Georgalis" <george () galis org>]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 08:01:13PM -0800, David Schwartz wrote:

>       Yes. At this point, MD5 should no longer be used for
> applications where an adversary might have access to the data that
> is being signed. That means it's no longer suitable for signing
> certificates or authenticating data sent over a peer-to-peer
> network. SHA1 with 160-bits is still, as far as we know, suitable for
> all of these purposes.

Since you can't possibly mean absolutely suitable, can you clarify your
basis for suitability? I'm not asking for a technical proof, just the
general metrics used to make the determination.

If 160 bit SHA1 is good enough for one application but not another, what
does one need to know to decide for their own application?

// George


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