picking a hash function to be encrypted

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"Travis H." <solinymgmail.com> writes:
 >> So...
 >>
 >> Suppose I want a function to provide integrity and
 >> authentication, and that is to be combined with a
 >> stream cipher (as is the plaintext).  I believe
that
 >> authentication is free once I have integrity given
 >> the fact that the hash value is superencrypted
using
 >> the stream cipher, whose key is shared by only the
 >> sender and recipient.

Eric Rescorla wrote:
 > It's not safe to use a hash function this way if the
 > content is known to the attacker.

The content therefore should always contain something
random - which other parts of the protocol usually
require for other reasons.

     --digsig
          James A. Donald
      6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG
      j4gjR2yE9L2n/vvjYFQUivo5ojBm6HCmxw83+X+g
      4016yUOsGdYzWmpwqKkShf8kATzoWg5BesEp42JuD

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