question regarding relative security of md5 vs sha1

John J. Courie II admin@petridish.org
Thu Sep 11 05:38:02 2003


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so let me get this straight, if moore's law is 'true' than a mathmetical 
analysis of hash sizes will result in it being ~30 years before md5 will 
be susceptible to bf/dict/b-day attacks, but it will be about about 80 
before sha1 will be susceptible to cracks of that level.  I know this is 
sort of OT but I couldn't think of anyone more qualified than the 
experts of the crypto software I am using.
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