Cryptography-Digest Digest #464, Volume #11 Sun, 2 Apr 00 03:13:01 EDT
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Re: md5 spoofing ("Marty")
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Reply-To: "Marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: md5 spoofing
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 21:10:13 -0800
Not possible. All files can be md5summed. Of course there are an
infinite number of files that md5sum to an identical hash. Its just
no-one actually knows any of them or how to find them as a practical
matter.
-marty
Jeff Sutch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
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> I heard an account of spoofed md5sums from system binaries today,
that
> I can't seem to verify anywhere. Does anyone know of a validated
process
> to modify a binary so that it can't be md5summed?
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