Posted by: Mr. Sketch
on November 05, 2005 12:20 AM
Why not just do SHA256 to get a strong hash and then SHA1 that hash to get the 160bit length people want?
The effective hash should still be as strong as SHA256 and maybe more so since to get a collision would require two inputs into SHA256 whose hashs yields a collision in SHA1.
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Posted by: Mr. Sketch on November 05, 2005 12:20 AMThe effective hash should still be as strong as SHA256 and maybe more so since to get a collision would require two inputs into SHA256 whose hashs yields a collision in SHA1.
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