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Re: MD5 vs. SHA-1, Selection Criteria

To: karn@qualcomm.com
Subject: Re: MD5 vs. SHA-1, Selection Criteria
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 14:52:49 -0400
Cc: ipsec@TIS.COM
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 May 1996 13:49:52 EDT." <199605241749.NAA00272@baa01075.slip.digex.net>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
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Phil Karn Jr writes:
> I'm all in favor of being conservative when it comes to choosing ciphers.
> My only concern is whether SHA-1 has had the level of intensive study as
> MD5. Would we be merely jumping from the frying pan into the fire? I really
> don't know the answer.

SHA-1 is a product of our friends at the NSA. Although I'm not always
a fan of their export policies, they do appear to usually release
algorithms of the highest possible quality.

Perry

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