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Hash function Security claim Best attack Publish date Comment GOST: 2 128: 2 105: 2008-08-18 Paper. [12]HAVAL-128 : 2 64: 2 7: 2004-08-17 Collisions originally reported in 2004, [13] followed up by cryptanalysis paper in 2005.
The MD5 message-digest algorithm is a widely used hash function producing a 128-bit hash value. MD5 was designed by Ronald Rivest in 1991 to replace an earlier hash function MD4, [3] and was specified in 1992 as RFC 1321. MD5 can be used as a checksum to verify data integrity against unintentional corruption.
In March 2016 Apple shut down the first ransomware attack targeted against Mac users, encrypting the users' confidential information. [8] It was known as KeRanger.After completing the encryption process, KeRanger demanded that victims pay one bitcoin (about US$400 at the time, about US$57,364.10 as of July 9, 2024) for the user to recover their credentials.
Functions that lack this property are vulnerable to pre-image attacks. Second pre-image resistance: given an input m 1, it should be hard to find another input m 2 ≠ m 1 such that hash(m 1) = hash(m 2). This property is sometimes referred to as weak collision resistance. Functions that lack this property are vulnerable to second pre-image ...
A cipher suite is as secure as the algorithms that it contains. If the version of encryption or authentication algorithm in a cipher suite have known vulnerabilities the cipher suite and TLS connection may then be vulnerable. Therefore, a common attack against TLS and cipher suites is known as a downgrade attack. A downgrade in TLS occurs when ...
MD5 was designed by Ronald Rivest in 1991 to replace an earlier hash function, MD4, and was specified in 1992 as RFC 1321. Collisions against MD5 can be calculated within seconds, which makes the algorithm unsuitable for most use cases where a cryptographic hash is required. MD5 produces a digest of 128 bits (16 bytes).
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Vulnerable (HTTPS/SPDY) Vulnerable Vulnerable Vulnerable (except Windows) Vulnerable Yes [n 10] 21 No Yes Yes No No No Yes (only desktop) Requires SHA-2 compatible OS [2] Needs ECC compatible OS [3] Not affected Mitigated [12] Vulnerable Vulnerable Vulnerable (except Windows) Vulnerable Yes [n 10] 22–29 No Yes Yes Yes [13] No [13] [14] [15 ...