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0 pointskingcharles4y ago0 comments

I wonder if there are two "sane" looking email addresses that collide on the same MD5 hash?

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It's very likely they exist. But I don't think the existing attacks on MD5 will allow you to construct one. So you'd have to spend 2^64 on brute-force, which is expensive but feasible.

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CodesInChaos4y ago

It's very likely they exist. But I don't think the existing attacks on MD5 will allow you to construct one. So you'd have to spend 2^64 on brute-force, which is expensive but feasible.

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