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Analysis of SHA-1 in Encryption Mode

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Topics in Cryptology — CT-RSA 2001 (CT-RSA 2001)

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This paper analyses the cryptographic hash function SHA-1 in encryption mode. A detailed analysis is given of the resistance of SHA-1 against the most powerful known attacks today. It is concluded that none of these attacks can be applied successfully in practice to SHA-1. Breaking SHA-1 in encryption mode requires either an unrealistic amount of computation time and known/chosen texts, or a major breakthrough in cryptanalysis. The original motivation for this analysis is to investigate a block cipher named SHACAL based on these principles. SHACAL has been submitted to the NESSIE call for cryptographic primitives.

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  1. R&D Cryptography, Gemplus, 92447, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

    Helena Handschuh

  2. Dep. of Informatics, University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway

    Lars R. Knudsen

  3. ISG, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, England

    Matthew J. Robshaw

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  1. Gemplus Card International, 34 rue Guynemer, 92447, Issy les Moulineaux, France

    David Naccache

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Handschuh, H., Knudsen, L.R., Robshaw, M.J. (2001). Analysis of SHA-1 in Encryption Mode. In: Naccache, D. (eds) Topics in Cryptology — CT-RSA 2001. CT-RSA 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2020. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45353-9_7

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