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Stephen P. Gibbons (steve@aztech.net)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 23:13:31 -0700
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> 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
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:19:11 ADT