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From: Flemming Jacobsen <fj@batmule.dk>
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Subject: Re: PHK's MD5 might not be slow enough anymore
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Xin LI wrote:
> Second, recent research has shown MD5 to be vulnerable to collision
> attacks [1] by the end of 2008.

Uhmm. That is totally irrelevant in this context.


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Flemming

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