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Re: MD5 vs. SHA-1, Selection Criteria

To: jkennedy@cylink.com
Subject: Re: MD5 vs. SHA-1, Selection Criteria
From: Phil Karn Jr <karn@baa01075.slip.digex.net>
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 13:49:52 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: HUGO@watson.ibm.com, rja@cisco.com, ipsec@TIS.COM
In-Reply-To: <31A4E010.3BA9@cylink.com> (message from John Kennedy on Thu, 23 May 1996 18:00:48 -0400)
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John,

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.

Phil

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