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Re: how close is OpenPGP tied to SHA1

2009-02-01 21:08:56
On 02/01/2009 08:24 PM, Peter Thomas wrote:
After reading the whole RFC I've found several places where SHA1 is
given as the only possible algorithm,

This was just discussed on the list last month in a thread titled "A
review of hash function brittleness in OpenPGP":

  http://www.imc.org/ietf-openpgp/mail-archive/msg30323.html

It would be worth reviewing that thread because it contains relevant
discussion.  In short: the fingerprints seem to be the most worrisome
part, and we probably need to think about how to move forward.

Proposals?

        --dkg

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