On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Russell N. Nelson - rnnelson rnnelson@clarkson.edu wrote:
It is meaningless to talk about cryptography without a threat model, just as Robert says. Is anybody actually attacking us? Or are we worried about accidental collisions?
I believe it began as accidental collisions, then everyone promptly put on their tinfoil hats and started talking about a hypothetical vandal who has the time and desire to generate hash collisions.
-Chad