Subject: Add warnings to Signature 1.1 and 1.1 requirements on SHA-1?

I don't know if anything else was referenced, but I go here:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/cryptanalysis_o.html

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/08/new_cryptanalyt.html=20

It's the first real reference to the issue.

Regards, Cynthia
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> Subject: Add warnings to Signature 1.1 and 1.1 requirements on SHA-1?
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> Do we need more text in XML Signature 1.1 regarding the suitability  
> =20
> (or lack thereof) of SHA-1, and maybe a reference to the NIST =20
> recommendation to use SHA2 going forward from 2010 as well as the =20
> crypto regarding SHA-1?
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> We probably also need to add this to the 1.1 requirements as well.
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> Does anyone have a good pointer to a paper outlining why SHA-1 is no  
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> longer suitable?
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> Is the suitable NIST reference the following, or is there a better  
> one?
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> [[ March 15, 2006: The SHA-2 family of hash functions (i.e., SHA-224,
> SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512) may be used by Federal agencies for all
> applications using secure hash algorithms. Federal agencies should
> stop using SHA-1 for digital signatures, digital time stamping and
> other applications that require collision resistance as soon as
> practical, and must use the SHA-2 family of hash functions for these
> applications after 2010. After 2010, Federal agencies may use SHA-1
> only for the following applications: hash-based message authentication
> codes (HMACs); key derivation functions (KDFs); and random number
> generators (RNGs). Regardless of use, NIST encourages application and
> protocol designers to use the SHA-2 family of hash functions for all
> new applications and protocols. ]]
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> http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/secure_hashing.html
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> regards, Frederick
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> Frederick Hirsch
> Nokia
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