Ken Hornstein wrote in <20221228151732.bd63b1d2...@pb-smtp20.pobox.com>: ... |MUA that generates that header or checks it. I'm not even sure we |calculate the digest correct for text types, it was a mess in terms |of implementation, _and_ MD5 is Officially Considered Broken. Calling ...
I would think that finding two plain text files with the same MD5 that a mail message receiver finds an acceptable read is rather unlikely though. (Just generally speaking. CRUX Linux for example uses signify for package checksums, but still generates MD5 checksums as a fallback. CRC32 is also used still, but noone would claim it is secure.) Have a good slip/slide. --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)
