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SHA1 use cases are not limited into integrity verification of documents, but used a lot for traffic integrity and generation of authentication codes: - Torrent
by pavfarb 10y ago
SHA1 use cases are not limited into integrity verification of documents, but used a lot for traffic integrity and generation of authentication codes:
- Torrents of all kinds.
- Version control systems (where ability attacks like displacing release pointers become easier).
- IpSec, SSH, PGP and a number of other protected data exchange systems.
Being able to subvert integrity guarantees is a nice building block for complicated man-in-the-middle attacks.