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SHA1 collisions proven possisble
On Feb 24, 2017, at 12:04 PM, Vincent Bernat <bernat at luffy.cx> wrote:
> ? 23 f?vrier 2017 21:16 -0500, "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick at ianai.net> :
>
>> A couple things will make this slightly less useful for the attacker:
>> 1) How many people are not going to keep a copy? Once both docs are be
>> found to have the same hash, well, game over.
>
> But if a transaction is automated, it may be too late. For example, if
> the document is a bank transfer slip.
If I can control the bank side of presenting an automated transfer slip, I really don?t need to worry about SHA-1 collisions. I already have all your money.
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TTFN,
patrick