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Re:SHA-1 'fully and practically broken' by new collision (2020) by RicoElectrico on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:40AM (#28850531)
So, if I understand correctly: the patched SHA-1 code generates the same hash, but is has checks on the internal state so that it will flag inputs which are likely to be intentionally colliding?
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Re:SHA-1 'fully and practically broken' by new collision (2020) by versteegen on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:48AM (#28850579)
Yes. https://github.com/cr-marcstevens/sha1collisiondetection
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