Displaying 3 results from an estimated 3 matches for "collision_attack".
2011 Dec 12
1
Using sha256sum instead of md5sum for package checksums
There are known Collision Attacks for the MD5SUM method of hashing, so
it is possible to modify a file and make it have the same MD5SUM as
another file. See this link for details on Collision Attacks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_attack
Recommendation from the US-CERT concerning MD5SUM hashes:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836068
Based on the above information, the CentOS team will be using sha256sum
(sha-2) and not md5sum to generate future hashes for posting on our
e-mail announcements to the CentOS Announce Mailing List.
T...
2011 Dec 12
1
Using sha256sum instead of md5sum for package checksums
There are known Collision Attacks for the MD5SUM method of hashing, so
it is possible to modify a file and make it have the same MD5SUM as
another file. See this link for details on Collision Attacks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_attack
Recommendation from the US-CERT concerning MD5SUM hashes:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836068
Based on the above information, the CentOS team will be using sha256sum
(sha-2) and not md5sum to generate future hashes for posting on our
e-mail announcements to the CentOS Announce Mailing List.
T...
2011 Dec 12
0
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There are known Collision Attacks for the MD5SUM method of hashing, so
it is possible to modify a file and make it have the same MD5SUM as
another file. See this link for details on Collision Attacks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_attack
Recommendation from the US-CERT concerning MD5SUM hashes:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836068
Based on the above information, the CentOS team will be using sha256sum
(sha-2) and not md5sum to generate future hashes for posting on our
e-mail announcements to the CentOS Announce Mailing List.
T...