MD5 at risk?

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Gullanian Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 04 January 2002 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 4373	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gullanian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: MD5 at risk? Posted: 22 February 2005 at 9:09am
	http://www.schneier.com/blog/

claytone19 Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: 16 February 2005 Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote claytone19 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 February 2005 at 9:36am
	That is a very interesting read. The updated link is here Thanks for posting that Gullanian.

VBScript Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 14 July 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 219	Post Options Post Reply Quote VBScript Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 February 2005 at 11:59am
	It also says that Sha-1 is broken. These forums use irriversible 160 bit encryption which is Sha-1. Talking about encryption does any one know about any good ASP/VB encryption tutorials??

ljamal Members Profile Find Members Posts Mod Builder Group Joined: 16 April 2003 Status: Offline Points: 888	Post Options Post Reply Quote ljamal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:38pm
	While this is important in terms of encryption for sensitive information, I don't any one is goignt o spend the time or money needed just to hack a WWF forum.
	L. Jamal Walton L. Jamal Inc : Web/ Print Design and ASP Programming

Gullanian Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 04 January 2002 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 4373	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gullanian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 February 2005 at 2:46pm
	Current computer speeds mean it would still take ages to hack an md5 hash, but in the future it needs to be replaced when computers become increasingly powerful.

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