SHA1 collisions proven possisble

[jlewis at lewis.org (Jon Lewis)]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2017, Keith Medcalf wrote:

> So you would need 6000 years of computer time to compute the collision 
> on the SHA1 signature, and how much additional time to compute the 
> trapdoor (private) key, in order for the cert to be of any use?

1) Wasn't the 6000 years estimate from an article >10 years ago? 
Computers have gotten a bit faster.

2) I suspect the sort of person interested in doing this, unburdened by 
ethics, would have no issues using a large botnet to speed up the process. 
How long does it take if you have a million PCs working on the problem?

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