Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 20:09:55 -0700 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> To: Steve Reid <root@edmweb.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MD5 broken (not quite) Message-ID: <1593.834203395@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Jun 1996 19:55:12 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960607185621.444A-100000@bitbucket.edmweb.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>> Until somebody comes up with a way of solving A = MD5(X) for some given >> value of A then you don't need to worry to much. > >That would definately be the end of MD5, but AFAIK (I'm not a crypto >expert) reversing a hash is harder than finding real-world collisions >where MD5(X) = MD5(Y), which would also be the end of MD5 in many (but not >all) applications. If you want to substitute MD5(Y) for A I'm game, for all I care you can substitute sin(y) if you want :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1593.834203395>