1996-08-18 - Re: MD5 completely broken!

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-18 15:51:39 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 23:51:39 +0800

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 23:51:39 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: MD5 completely broken!
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"David F. Ogren" <ogren@cris.com> writes:
> P.S. But imagine if it was true! MD5 would become the ultimate compression
> algorithm. Any message could be reduced to a 128 bit archive.

The following is true. There used to be company in Silicon Vallye that marketed
compression software guaranteed to reduce any file to no more than 128K, no
matter how large the input. That side worked. The decompression side didn't.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps





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