Fwd: Potential SHA 1 Hack Using Distributed Computing - Near Miss(es) May be Good Enough

[Paul Hoffman]

At 4:49 PM -0300 8/14/07, Mads Rasmussen wrote:
>Have a look at
>
>http://boinc.iaik.tugraz.at/sha1_coll_search

Did that, in specific 
<http://www.iaik.tugraz.at/research/krypto/collision/SHA1Collision_Description.php>

Note the lack of information about what they are actually doing. "We 
developed new cryptanalytic methods..." sounds great, but is 
meaningless without specifics.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium

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