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Brute-force collisions is a birthday attack, so you expect to find a collision in 2^80 hashes, not 2^160.
by naniwaduni 5y ago
Brute-force collisions is a birthday attack, so you expect to find a collision in 2^80 hashes, not 2^160.
- usr1106 5y agoBirthday if you want to access any account. Not if you want to access a targeted account. Whether the math is right if it were birthday I don't remember at the moment.
- naniwaduni 5y agoCollisions don't help you access accounts.