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Are MD5 hashes that predictable that you can just make a few adjustments to a binary until it's the one you want?
by sdegutis 10y ago
Are MD5 hashes that predictable that you can just make a few adjustments to a binary until it's the one you want?
- Filligree 10y agoMD5 as a cryptographic hash is thoroughly shredded, yes. It's still fine for non-cryptographic purposes, except that it's far slower than e.g. CRC.
- hueving 10y agoThat would be news if that were the case. The preimage resistance for MD5 was pretty strong last time I looked: http://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/13303/is-md5-second-preimage-resistant-when-used-only-on-fixed-length-messages http://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/13303/is-md5-secon...