Re: Question about hashing algorithms

Crypto_at_S.M.S
Date: 08/27/05 

Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:07:55 +1000

David Wagner wrote:

>>Are any hashing algorithms that are secure for short data and have
>>short signatures? As I understand it, SHA-1, MD5, etc. were pretty
>>much designed to work for any size of data. Sometimes that seems like
>>overkill, though.
>
>
> What's wrong with overkill? (a serious question)
>

Overkill is a wonderful idea, but many in this newsgroup view it as
"inefficient".

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