Re: Question about hashing algorithms
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Re: Question about hashing algorithms

From: Luc The Perverse <sll_noSpamlicious_z_XXX_m@cc.usu.edu>
Date: Sat Aug 27 2005 - 01:46:37 CEST



<Crypto@S.M.S> wrote in message news:11gv4m2n3viuo7e@news.supernews.com...


> David Wagner wrote:


>


>>>Are any hashing algorithms that are secure for short data and have


>>>short signatures?  As I understand it, SHA-1, MD5, etc. were pretty


>>>much designed to work for any size of data.  Sometimes that seems like


>>>overkill, though.


>>


>>


>> What's wrong with overkill?  (a serious question)


>>


>


> Overkill is a wonderful idea, but many in this newsgroup view it as 


> "inefficient".



LOL.  Shouldn't have had to look to see who posted that one!



-LTP



:) 


Received on Thu Sep 29 21:51:03 2005