Re: TEA (was Re: filesystem encryption)

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Cicero (cicero@redneck.efga.org)
29 Jun 1998 05:05:19 -0000

Alex Alten <Andrade@netcom.com> wrote:
>At 04:20 PM 6/24/98 -0400, mgraffam@mhv.net wrote:
>>Uh.. why not just use a hash algoritm to hash a passphrase down to
>>128 bits, if you really only want 64, just truncate it.
>
>Never truncate a hash, unless you understand its design.
>
>- Alex

Can you give an example to illustrate your point? Are you saying that
there are instances where truncating SHA-1 or MD5 can lead to a
problem?

Cicero

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