Re: Significance of an MD5 Hash Collision
From: Mike Curry (joseqo95_at_mjcsoftware.com)
Date: 11/05/03
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Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 01:05:45 GMT
Sorry, my laptop has a mind of its own...
Anyhow, I figure with an average of 75 CPU's on it per day I would expect a
collision in less then 9 years... let me know if I am way off base.
"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Mike Curry writes:
>
> > Is this roughly a 1 in 2^64 chance?
>
> There's about a 50/50 chance that you'll find two messages that hash to
> the same value in 2^64 trials.
>
> > I am thinking about restarting the Attack on the MD5 algorithm
> > using my GridonTap (Formally Neo) but using random values to feed
> > the digest to see if I can get some collisions going.
>
> How long are you prepared to wait?
>
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