Re: Keyed-MD5, ITAR, and HTTP-NG

[John Lull <lull@acm.org>]

On Mon, 30 Oct 1995 23:27:36 -0500, you wrote:

> Hash functions		MD5, SHA

I presume you mean SHA-1.

I would prefer to see MD5 deleted.  A 128 bit hash simply seems too
marginal in length for long term use in most hash applications.  I
would much rather see something like Haval as a second hash algorithm.
It can be faster than MD5, and can easily be tailored to the hash
width you want.  If 128 bit hashes are really needed, use Haval's
128-bit option.