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Re: [openpgp] "SHA-1 is a Shambles" and forging PGP WoT signatures

Kai Engert <kaie@kuix.de> Thu, 23 January 2020 22:56 UTC

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From: Kai Engert <kaie@kuix.de>
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] "SHA-1 is a Shambles" and forging PGP WoT signatures
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On 22.01.20 15:31, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> * The authors could have easily created colliding public keys with
> identical (160 bit SHA-1) fingerprints, at the cost of 45k USD.
> Although I don't know about any attack made possible by owning such a
> pair of keys, the pure existence of a fingerprint collision could cause
> problems in some appliations, triggering potential bugs in code that
> assumes fingerprints can never be identical.

Does this mean, anyone can create a key pair that has the same 
fingerprint as I have on my business card, by spending that amount of money?

Does this mean, comparing a 20 bytes (40 hex digits) fingerprint, as 
printed by e.g. GnuPG 2.2.x, is no longer a reliable way to verify you 
have obtained the correct key?

Thanks
Kai

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