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RFC 4270, "Attacks on Cryptographic Hashes in Internet Protocols", November 2005

Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUP
Area Assignment: sec
See Also: RFC 4270 w/ inline errata

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Errata ID: 1072
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Henrik Levkowetz
Date Reported: 2005-12-02
Verifier Name: Russ Housley
Date Verified: 2010-03-11

Section 1 says:

   Hash algorithms are used by cryptographers in a variety of security
   protocols, for a variety of purposes, at all levels of the Internet
   protocol stack.  They are used because they have two security
   properties: to be one way and collision free.

It should say:

   Hash algorithms are used by cryptographers in a variety of security
   protocols, for a variety of purposes, at all levels of the Internet
   protocol stack.  They are used because they have two security
   properties: to be one-way and collision-free.

Notes:

Note the " one way and collision free." On the face of it, as plain
English, this is nonsense. In cryptographic terminology, I believe
the correct expression is " one-way and collision-free."

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