[SC-L] [Full-disclosure] Chinese Professor Cracks Fifth Data Security Algorithm (SHA-1)

[Blue Boar]

3APA3A wrote:
> I  know  meaning  of  'hash  function'  term,  I  wrote  few articles on
> challenge-response   authentication   and   I  did  few  hash  functions
> implementations  for  hashtables  and  authentication  in FreeRADIUS and
> 3proxy.  Can  I  claim  my  right  for  sarcasm after calling ability to
> bruteforce 160-bit hash 2000 times faster 'a crack'?

Fair enough, your sarcasm tags didn't render properly in my MUA. I was
fooled by you stating that the birthday attack would be 150 bits.

						BB