SHA-1 replacement

Florian Weimer fw at deneb.enyo.de
Mon Aug 29 13:41:24 CDT 2005


* Wojciech Milkowski:

> Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
>
>> I don't think it is very productive to discuss possible SHA-1
>> replacements at this time.  There is no reason to change the hash until
>> an alternative has found widespread acceptance within the crypto
>> community.
>
> Yes, I agree. That was just my (maybe too fast) curiosity, because I 
> found it similar to SHA-1 already used.

It could be *too* similar. 8-(


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