Skip to content
Better HN
Top
Best
Ask
Show
New
Jobs
Search
⌘K
0 points
gkoz
11y ago
0 comments
Save
Share
Did breaking MD5 require a computer the size of the universe 20 years ago?
0 comments
3 comments · 3 top-level
top
newest
oldest
mikeash
11y ago
It was thought to, which is why it became so popular. It turned out to be wrong.
astrodust
11y ago
Not really. It was cracked by a distributed network of ordinary computers were people volunteered CPU time.
pbsd
11y ago
MD5's compression function was already broken 20 years ago:
http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~bsy/dobbertin.ps
j
/
k
navigate · click thread line to collapse
