From jac@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu Thu Aug 15 22:28:29 1996 Received: from cantor.uts.ohio-state.edu (cantor.uts.ohio-state.edu [128.146.214.115]) by suburbia.net (8.7.4/Proff-950810) with ESMTP id WAA06921 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 22:28:00 +1000 Received: from localhost (jac@localhost) by cantor.uts.ohio-state.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA02707; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:27:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:27:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Clausing To: Rik Farrow cc: firewalls@GreatCircle.COM, swlodin@eng.delcoelect.com, best-of-security@suburbia.net Subject: Re: BoS: Re: USENIX Symposium Firewalls BOF Notes In-Reply-To: <199608142337.QAA00297@crow.spirit.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Rik Farrow wrote: [...] > Someone else asked if Tripwire supported SHA. The answer was no, [but > I'd like to add that combining MD5 with Snefru provides 256 bits, and > should be safe for a while.] This is the second time that I have seen this remark. Perhaps that was the recollection of those present, but the documentation for tripwire says that signature 7 in SHA. Granted, it is not one of the defaults, you have to explicitly ask for it, but it looks to me like tripwire does indeed support SHA. Gene, care to correct me? [...] -- Jim Clausing ph: (614)292-2078 Manager, Network Information Services fax: (614)292-7081 University Technology Services, Ohio State University 1971 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210