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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken
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Karel Gardas |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken |
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Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:33:01 +0100 (CET) |
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:02:35AM +0100, Karel Gardas wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 12:26:30PM +0600, Ivan Boldyrev wrote:
> > > > > If someone finds a second pre-image attack against md5, then arch
> > > > > will be in trouble (but so will just about anything else).
> > > >
> > > > MD5 is considered insecure for many years. Arch is already in trouble
> > > > because Arch developers do not understand security.
> > > >
> > > > I am not security expert too, but designing security attack against
> > > > Arch took less time than writing this message.
> > >
> > > This is pure nonsense. Go away and read /Beyond Fear/, and maybe
> > > /Secrets & Lies/ as well. And CRYPTO-GRAM too, while you're at
> > > it. I've seen journalists with better comprehension of security.
> >
> > I don't fully agree with Ivan's notes, but this does not change anything
> > about the danger of using MD5, or does it?
>
> There's no real danger to using MD5. It's not like there's anything
> else you could be doing that would be any stronger.
Perhaps just use more stronger hash function implementation?
Karel
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ObjectSecurity Ltd. http://www.objectsecurity.com
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] MD5 is broken, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] MD5 is broken, Matthew Dempsky, 2005/03/16
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Ivan Boldyrev, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Andrew Suffield, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Karel Gardas, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Jan Hudec, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Tom Lord, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Karel Gardas, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Tom Lord, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Matthew Dempsky, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Andrew Suffield, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken,
Karel Gardas <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Peter Conrad, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Karel Gardas, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Peter Conrad, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Karel Gardas, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Jason McCarty, 2005/03/16
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Matthieu Moy, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Adrian Irving-Beer, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, John Arbash Meinel, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, Adrian Irving-Beer, 2005/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken, John Arbash Meinel, 2005/03/16