Polarizer wrote:
What impact does is have for our SuSE linux installations. Where is it used by default in standard packages and where by default in packages to install additionally via Yast.
We are not that mathematically inclined to evaluate that without looking at the paper...
We are eagerly awaiting Bruces and other crypto experts evaluations.
Ciao, Marcus
Sorry Marcus, this was not what i asked for at all. I wouldn't like to discuss the mathematical aspects, but the consequences of the statement
<quote>SHA-1 has been broken. Not a reduced-round version. Not a simplified version. The real thing</quote> [1].
You need to focus on the whole post by Bruce, which includes: "The paper isn't generally available yet. At this point I can't tell if the attack is real, but the paper looks good and this is a reputable research team. More details when I have them." -- Until later, Geoffrey