CISSP-ISSAP: Information Systems Security Architecture Professional

Question

You are the Security Consultant and have been contacted by a client about its encryption and hashing algorithms. Their in-house network administrator says that the current hashing algorithm is an older one with known weaknesses and is not collision resistant. Which hashing algorithm are they most likely using?

Explanation

MD5 is an obsolete hash algorithm with known practical collision vulnerabilities, so it no longer provides collision resistance.

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