Re: sha-1 cryptography

[Marcos Marado <marado () isp novis pt>]

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 18:37 +0000, Enquiries wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I understand that SHa-1 cryptography has been broken by the same person who
> broke MD5, xiaoyun Wang.  So what does that mean for password security and
> credit card transactions etc.  Does that mean we will need to look for other
> stronger cryptography solutions and if yes what do you recommend, especially
> for passwords?

There's ntghing much to look after: SHA-1 has been broken, but not
SHA-2.

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Marcos Marado <marado () isp novis pt>
Sonaecom ISP
$ perl
''=~('(?{'.('^)@@*@'^'.[).^`').'"'.('`@@?@~//[*;)@`//)@|'^'-).[`<@@(^^[`.@@[)^').',$/})')
^Z

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