Re: Broken SHA-1

Or multiple digest formats for one message as it seems unlikely (although
not impossible until proven otherwise ;) that two digests could be broken in
the same attack.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Messing" <jmessing@law-on-line.com>
To: "Manoj K. Srivastava" <manoj@infomosaic.com>
Cc: <w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:42 PM
Subject: RE: Broken SHA-1


>
> Or alternatives to digest algorithms entirely, since they all may be
> subject to the same attacks, over time.
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Broken SHA-1
> > From: "Manoj K. Srivastava" <manoj@infomosaic.com>
> > Date: Wed, February 16, 2005 12:09 pm
> > To: w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org
> >
> > Does the standards body have any plans to allow any alternate digest
> > algorithm?
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/sha1_broken.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Manoj K. Srivastava
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