Re: [md5] string giving specific hash

Unruh <unruh-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

If by "generations" you mean that you ran MD5 10212 times and got an all
numeric hash ( assuming by that you mean that the output of MD5 was the hex
value of the hash) then again, MD5 is sick, since the probability of
getting an all digit hex hash in less than or equal to 20000 trials should
only be about .5% . Ie, the probability that MD5 is random is rejected at
the 99.5% confidence level.


I agree - the presence of a genetic algorithm would be of great concern.
But surely things with probabilities of 0.5% are allowed to occur sometimes?

--
Chris,
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