Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: MD5 is broken

[Andrew Suffield]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 12:26:30PM +0600, Ivan Boldyrev wrote:
> > If someone finds a second pre-image attack against md5, then arch
> > will be in trouble (but so will just about anything else).
> 
> MD5 is considered insecure for many years.  Arch is already in trouble
> because Arch developers do not understand security.
> 
> I am not security expert too, but designing security attack against
> Arch took less time than writing this message.

This is pure nonsense. Go away and read /Beyond Fear/, and maybe
/Secrets & Lies/ as well. And CRYPTO-GRAM too, while you're at
it. I've seen journalists with better comprehension of security.

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