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Re:Maybe we shouldn't skip SHA-3 by azinman2 on Friday June 02, 2017 @01:16PM (#14471637)
For us who don't know better, could you explain why MD5 or SHA1 are ok in an HMAC context?
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Re:Maybe we shouldn't skip SHA-3 by tptacek on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:03PM (#14472048)
Because a collision in MD5 doesn't give you a second preimage of an MD5 hash.
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