@TechReport{mironov-tr05,
  author    = {Ilya Mironov},
  title     = {Hash functions: Theory, attacks, and applications},
  institution =  {Microsoft Research},
  year      = 2005,
  number    = {MSR-TR-2005-187},
  month     = nov,
  pages     = 22,
  trid      = 1057,
  abstract  = {We survey theory and applications of cryptographic hash functions, such as MD5 and SHA-1, especially their resistance to collision-finding attacks. We review definitions, design principles, trace genealogy of standard hash functions, discuss generic attacks, attacks on iterative hash functions, and recent attacks on specific functions.},
  url       = {http://research.microsoft.com/users/mironov/papers/hash_survey.pdf},
}