Comments on: The Birthday Attack http://knikki.com/?p=3 A blog about intrigue, espionage, hacking and absurdly overlooked errors. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Nikki Hess http://knikki.com/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-2 Nikki Hess Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:57:50 +0000 http://knikki.com/?p=3#comment-2 In terms of encryption? Or are you looking specifically at the hashing function? The best forms of encryption are going to throw additional bits of useless, random information into the message - if they didn't, it would be easy for us to find commonly used words and phrases (like doing puzzles in the Sunday paper). Adding this information is going to make it more difficult to crack the key (thereby keeping our information confidential), but keep in mind that it requires more overhead which can slow down the process of encryption and decryption and overwhelm resources. We'll talk more about initialization vectors and cryptography (my favorite subject), and we'll even delve deeper into some of the specific hash functions (MD5) in future posts - but please feel free to expand on your question and/or share your experiences. One of the things I enjoy most about this blog is the exposure to new thoughts and perspectives! In terms of encryption? Or are you looking specifically at the hashing function?

The best forms of encryption are going to throw additional bits of useless, random information into the message – if they didn’t, it would be easy for us to find commonly used words and phrases (like doing puzzles in the Sunday paper).

Adding this information is going to make it more difficult to crack the key (thereby keeping our information confidential), but keep in mind that it requires more overhead which can slow down the process of encryption and decryption and overwhelm resources.

We’ll talk more about initialization vectors and cryptography (my favorite subject), and we’ll even delve deeper into some of the specific hash functions (MD5) in future posts – but please feel free to expand on your question and/or share your experiences. One of the things I enjoy most about this blog is the exposure to new thoughts and perspectives!

]]> By: Chris http://knikki.com/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-1 Chris Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:58 +0000 http://knikki.com/?p=3#comment-1 Very good analysis of the Birthday Attack. Would it also be feasible and viable, to add white space in the original message? Very good analysis of the Birthday Attack.

Would it also be feasible and viable, to add white space in the original message?

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