In a world where you don't trust others, using MD5 is out of the question. It's not safe. It's possible to fake a MD5 sum by modifying the number to whatever you wish (if it is enough random data) and then add something, with just a small correction to the data to again get the md5sum that was posted on the website.
Vincent On Aug 12, 2011, at 5:21 PM, David Mathog wrote: > Robert G. Brown wrote: > >> Everybody must be able to obtain it >>> freely from a web connection. >> >> http://www.random.org/ >> > > Nice site. They have something that is very close, the pregenerated > random files, from which a small set of digits may be extracted, > and the > files themselves have MD5 checksums (but are not signed). > They also support https. It comes up a little short on criteria 1 (we > really don't know what is going on behind the scenes) and 6 (it is a > single site.) > > Thanks, > > David Mathog > [email protected] > Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin > Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
