Burr, W.
(2006),
Cryptographic Hash Standards ? Where Do We Go From Here?, IEEE Security & Privacy
(Accessed October 13, 2025)
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Cryptographic Hash Standards ? Where Do We Go From Here?
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The two most commonly used cryptographic hash functions, MD5 and SHA-1, have been successfully attacked?it is no longer advisable to use them in some applications, although other applications are not affected. Furthermore, these attacks have triggered a kind of feeding-frenzy in the cryptographic community; many cryptographers are now working on hash function attacks, and new results may be expected in this area for the next several years. This article discusses the SHA-1 attack and describes NIST?s plans to replace SHA-1.Citation
IEEE Security & Privacy
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4 No 2
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Journals
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algorithms, cryptographic hash functions, cryptography, hash functions, MD5, Merkle-Damgaard, SHA-1
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Created April 1, 2006, Updated January 27, 2020