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SHA-0 (Secure Hash Algorithm) was a proposal by the U.S. government that was replaced by SHA-1 in FIPS 180-1. SHA-1 addresses the weakness found in SHA-0 by adding an additional circular shift operation. SHA-1 has [http://theory.csail.mit.edu/~yiqun/shanote.pdf a reported weakness] as far as [[hash collision]]s are concerned and awareness should be raised if you are implementing it. | |||
Revision as of 20:48, 26 October 2005
SHA-0 (Secure Hash Algorithm) was a proposal by the U.S. government that was replaced by SHA-1 in FIPS 180-1. SHA-1 addresses the weakness found in SHA-0 by adding an additional circular shift operation. SHA-1 has a reported weakness as far as hash collisions are concerned and awareness should be raised if you are implementing it.
