[cap-talk] use of hashcodes?

Raoul Duke raould at gmail.com
Fri Feb 19 13:24:48 PST 2010


On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Jack Lloyd <lloyd at randombit.net> wrote:
> system might suffer milder damage in the same situation. A canonical
> example might be DSA versus RSA/PSS signatures: if you reuse a nonce
> with a DSA signature, you reveal the private key, whereas if you reuse
> a nonce with an RSA/PSS signature, there is almost no damage. Since
> assumptions are 'made to be broken', it's worth figuring out what the
> effects will be in such cases so one can keep an eye out for warning
> signs and take precautions.

ja, that is the kind of thinking i was thinking of. your particular
example is interesting, thanks.


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