Re: How about MD5(NewHash(DATA))?

From: Tom St Denis (tomstdenis_at_iahu.ca)
Date: 10/31/04

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    Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:26:19 -0500

    JiXian Yang wrote:
    > IF MD5(MD5(DATA)) is not stronger than MD5(DATA)£¬
    > suppose there is a new hash algorithm NewHash(DATA) stronger than MD5(DATA).
    > How about MD5(NewHash(DATA))?

    Why does this question come up every 6 months.

    Why would you think MD5 o MD5 would be stronger than MD5 [supposedly
    against finding collisions, though you could have meant against inversion]

    Tom

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