[42132] in Cypherpunks
MD5 weakness ? [was Re: Netscape Logic Bomb detailed by IETF]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laurent Demailly)
Tue Oct 24 10:36:27 1995
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 15:25:59 +0100
From: Laurent Demailly <dl@hplyot.obspm.fr>
To: fc@all.net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)
Cc: stripes@va.pubnix.com (Josh M. Osborne), cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9510240929.AA08313@all.net>
DOCTOR Frederick B. Cohen writes:
> [...] uses an MD5 checksum which the members
> of this list seem to place unlimited trust in (incorrectly in my view,
> but that would be picking two nits with one keyboard entry).
Can you elaborate with facts on the supposed weakness of MD5 ?
[btw who talked about 'unlimited' trust ?]
dl
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