On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM Tom Beecher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Brent- > > Yes, IOS is storing the MD5 of the binary key data, not the base64 > version. I had that wrong. Still a distinction without a difference. The > preimage problem still exists. > Tom- Preimage is not the only attack for MD5. It's a prerequisite if you are *only* sending exactly the attacker key on the wire. Merkle–Damgård checksum algorithms have quite a few fun options in this space if you aren't restricted with a fixed length. > And as you've been clearly ramping up the condescension in the last few > messages, I don't feel inclined to debate this with you any further. Take > care. > If you're going to be confident, don't be confidently wrong. Best of luck. > _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ANK2LRIUW6CH6KICUAHCEKF4XDESJBL3/
