Subject: Re: re-consideration of TIGER

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:21:05 +0300

Greetings,
the recent breakthrough appears to apply to all
the MDx based hash algorithms.
while TIGER is not, i am told, it does not mean that
it is more secure, as it has not been subject to same
scrutiny as the MDx based hashes.
i believe that less is better, however, diversity
is a good thing, especially when the algorithms
are un-related.  After all, this is the reason
why there are numerous algorithms in a crypto suite.
i am no expert of course, but it would be a cautious
thing to trim down the algorithms of similar ones
for the sake to complexity, and augment them with
dissimilar ones for the sake of hedging one's bet.
given the above a case for re-instating TIGER in openpgp
could be made.
hth
best regards
Imad R. Faiad

> 
> From: <[email-masked]>
> Date: 2004/08/18 Wed PM 04:54:42 EAT
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: re-consideration of TIGER
> 
> 
>now that sha-0 has been broken,
>and sha-1 is actively being looked at for a possible >extension of the
>attack,
>
>and MD5, HAVAL, and RIPEMD are also being attacked
>http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/199.pdf)
>
>
>would it be reasonable to re-accept the non-sha based >hashes, (e.g. TIGER)
>as a potential backup hash for implementations/users >that may wish to
>begin doing so?
>
>
>vedaal

now that sha-0 has been broken,
and sha-1 is actively being looked at for a possible extension of the
attack,

and MD5, HAVAL, and RIPEMD are also being attacked
http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/199.pdf)

would it be reasonable to re-accept the non-sha based hashes, (e.g. TIGER)
as a potential backup hash for implementations/users that may wish to
begin doing so?

vedaal

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