MD5 at risk?
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Topic: MD5 at risk?
Posted By: Gullanian
Subject: MD5 at risk?
Date Posted: 22 February 2005 at 9:09am
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/ - http://www.schneier.com/blog/ |
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Posted By: claytone19
Date Posted: 25 February 2005 at 9:36am
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That is a very interesting read. The updated link is here Thanks for posting that Gullanian. |
Posted By: VBScript
Date 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??
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Posted By: ljamal
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:38pm
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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 http://www.ljamal.com/" rel="nofollow - L. Jamal Inc : Web/ Print Design and ASP Programming |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date 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. |