Re: md5 collisions and speeding tickets

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/21/05 

Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 10:01:35 +0200

Gregory G Rose writes:

> No, it's not a trivial goal; I get to enter into a
> contract, and enforce it on you if I like the
> outcome, but get it voided if I don't.

You can't enforce it, because I will notice the difference between
your copy and mind, take it to court, and trivially demonstrate to the
court that the hash cannot be relied upon to show either version as
being correct.

> The whole essense of contracts is that both parties are
> supposed to be bound by it.

And they are both supposed to have the same copy, which they would not
in this case. 

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