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Originally Posted by carlosponti microsoft has openly bashed md5sum saying that it is too easily hacked ... I wonder where they get their evidence from on that point?...
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    Quote Originally Posted by carlosponti
    microsoft has openly bashed md5sum saying that it is too easily hacked ...
    I wonder where they get their evidence from on that point?
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    evidence since when does microsoft need evidence in its claims. the latest i read on slashdot is that the economy will suffer in the EU if Vista is delayed.
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    the economy will suffer in the EU if Vista is delayed
    wtf?
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    Just thought I'd break this one off as it's kind of a different topic from my reviews.
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    I wonder where they get their evidence from on that point?
    its sort of like when steve balmer said linux was "viral"
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    Quote Originally Posted by easuter
    its sort of like when steve balmer said linux was "viral"
    In that case I've had a pretty nasty Linux infection for about 6 years now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by easuter
    its sort of like when steve balmer said linux was "viral"
    Perhaps in a sense it is ... in the way news of it spreads. I'm not sure what Steve Ballmer meant by 'viral' though. I suspect he wasn't being complimentary!

    I've been reading up on MD5 and it isn't 100% secure, but it can still tell you when a file/download is corrupt, so it's useful in that way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fingal
    I've been reading up on MD5 and it isn't 100% secure, but it can still tell you when a file/download is corrupt, so it's useful in that way.
    I'm not concerned with secure, I'd just like to be able to know whether or not a download was corrupted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by techieMoe
    I'm not concerned with secure, I'd just like to be able to know whether or not a download was corrupted.
    Yes that's what I was implying ... I had that very much in mind. It's not a frontline security tool it seems.

    What's a 'birthday attack'? Can anyone explain that in layman's terms?
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    Quote Originally Posted by fingal
    Yes that's what I was implying ... I had that very much in mind. It's not a frontline security tool it seems.
    I didn't mean that as a shot at what you were saying, rather as a side comment in support of it. Err.. I'm just tired today. *smacks head on desk*

    What's a 'birthday attack'? Can anyone explain that in layman's terms?
    There's a WikiPedia article on it, but honestly I don't feel any more knowledgeable after reading it. So I guess what I meant to say was... yeah, me too. What's a birthday attack?
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