> Tomorrow, when preimage SHA-1 attacks are cheap, it will no longer save me.
Well, Moore's law is petering out isn't it? :)
Well, Moore's law is petering out isn't it? :)
However, the largest change we have seen the last couple of years is the accessibility of computer power. These days an attacker can be concerned mostly by how many CPU/GPU hours he needs to rent from Amazon or equivalent providers to achieve his goal. So the accessibility, convenience, and price of processing power is still improving quite fast.