full-disclosure - Re: Chinese Professor Cracks Fifth Data Security Algorithm (SHA-1)

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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:48:55 -0700
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar@...evco.com>
To: 3APA3A <3APA3A@...URITY.NNOV.RU>
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	Secure Coding <SC-L@...urecoding.org>
Subject: Re: Chinese Professor Cracks Fifth Data Security
 Algorithm (SHA-1)

3APA3A wrote:
> I  know  meaning  of  'hash  function'  term,  I  wrote  few articles on
> challenge-response   authentication   and   I  did  few  hash  functions
> implementations  for  hashtables  and  authentication  in FreeRADIUS and
> 3proxy.  Can  I  claim  my  right  for  sarcasm after calling ability to
> bruteforce 160-bit hash 2000 times faster 'a crack'?

Fair enough, your sarcasm tags didn't render properly in my MUA. I was
fooled by you stating that the birthday attack would be 150 bits.

						BB

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