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Re: Who protects the private key
On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:52, Robert J. Hansen said:

> As part of an iterated key derivation function, SHA-1 is still believed safe.
> There's no reason to shy away from it, or AES128.

FWIW: SHA-1 is also used has part of the OpenPGP MDC construction. This
is something alike a MAC and there are not signs anyware that this
construction is broken. In fact, it was part of the first widely
deployed AE algorithm (in 2001).


Shalom-Salam,

Werner


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