Re: problems with SHA-1
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
> The problem with SHA-1 is that it is a U.S. Federal Information Processing
> Standard, and I don't trust that the U.S. government will not place export
> restrictions on it. I'm also wary of U.S. FIPS for the same reason I'm wary
> about DES - various spy agencies have to approve the standard, and one wonders
> if they know something we don't.
>
However, you should know, that all these things are used for items the
govt. wants to keep secure. It wouldn't be too secure if their was a
backdoor. Also, didn't IBM develop DES, not the govt.
Shaya
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