From: andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Venti security in view of SHA-1 exploit
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:26:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <eb73bfa8638f364ca4ce7548182aba12@plan9.ucalgary.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e8b82886fac51f78a70e17b6ba26813@telus.net>
> Has anyone given any thoughts on how Venti might be affected by the
> recent weakening of the SHA-1 hash?
> I can see one exploit in which a different block is returned from a
> compromised venti server, that I accept because the fingerprint matches
> the requested fingerprint. The issue of turnaround time isn't really
> there as files live on Venti for a long time, and a compromised server
> could at its leisure find a collision for some block I'm submitting.
> The likelihood of such an exploit seems small, but should we be looking
> for a better Venti hash?
>
> Paul
things looked optimistic a few months ago:
http://lists.cse.psu.edu/archives/9fans/2004-August/037686.html
http://lists.cse.psu.edu/archives/9fans/2004-August/037695.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-19 19:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-19 18:37 [9fans] Drawterm and security Brian L. Stuart
2005-02-19 18:48 ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-02-19 21:00 ` Brian L. Stuart
2005-02-19 18:58 ` Russ Cox
2005-02-19 19:15 ` blstuart
2005-02-19 19:20 ` Russ Cox
2005-02-19 20:24 ` blstuart
2005-02-19 20:34 ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-02-19 19:20 ` [9fans] Venti security in view of SHA-1 exploit Paul Lalonde
2005-02-19 19:26 ` andrey mirtchovski [this message]
2005-02-19 19:35 ` Paul Lalonde
2005-02-19 20:14 ` Tim Newsham
2005-02-20 4:24 ` Karl Magdsick
2005-02-19 20:15 ` Russ Cox
2005-02-19 22:25 ` boyd, rounin
2005-02-19 22:44 ` [9fans] Venti security in view of SHA-1 exploity William Josephson
2005-02-19 22:48 ` boyd, rounin
2005-02-20 18:08 ` William Josephson
2005-02-19 23:21 ` [9fans] Venti security in view of SHA-1 exploit Bruce Ellis
2005-02-20 1:00 ` Tim Newsham
2005-02-20 3:53 ` Karl Magdsick
2005-02-19 19:52 ` [9fans] Drawterm and security Skip Tavakkolian
2005-02-19 19:11 ` blstuart
2005-02-21 11:30 ` Robert Raschke
2005-02-21 19:20 ` geoff
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