Re: Could timestamps be replaced with MD5?

[Donald Sharp]

In theory yes.  In practicality, that is a non-problem as far as 
I am concerned.  I say look at how much better it will make the
current situation.  Currently we depend on time-date stamps, which
can be messed with very easily and we already know that in
some situations we can't rely on time-date stamps.  I am willing
to take the once-in-a-lifetime collision that will happen
with the md5(or whatever is used) solution....

It's all about risk.  I think we can all safely live with 
the risk of collision....

donald
On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 09:23:10AM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/17/2000 09:02:16 PM
> >Compression methods are reversible:  You have to be able
> >to get out what you put in.  Digests such as MD5 have no such
> >requirement, so please don't compare the two.
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> I think Larry's point is that, since there is no one-to-one mapping between
> information and digests, it is (theoretically) possible to get two different
> files to spit out the same MD5.
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> Noel
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