The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Attacks on Cryptographic Hashes in Internet Protocols ' <draft-hoffman-hash-attacks-04.txt> as an Informational RFC This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Russ Housley. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hoffman-hash-attacks-04.txt Technical Summary Recent announcements of better-than-expected collision attacks in popular one-way hash algorithms have caused some people to question whether common Internet protocols need to be changed, and if so, how. This document summarizes the use of hash algorithms in many protocols, discusses how the collision attacks affect and do not affect the protocols, shows how to thwart known attacks on digital certificates, and discusses future directions for protocol designers. Working Group Summary This document was not generated by any IETF Working Group. Protocol Quality This document was reviewed by Russ Housley for the IESG. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
