RE: {LINUX TIPS} MD5 HASHES: VERIFYING THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR FILES 03-03-2016, 01:38 AM
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(03-02-2016, 07:42 PM)Sans Wrote: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2...sis_o.html
> 2005
> It's time for us all to migrate away from SHA-1.
> Bruce Schneier, the Chuck Norris of crypto
> SHA-1 is not collision-free (well duh - anything with a fixed length output is bound to have collisions)
> The electronic world is no less secure after these announcements than it was before
> This attack is completely theoretical and not even remotely practical
...*10 years later*...
> As of October 15, 2015, there are no publicly known collisions for SHA-1