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ryan-c
11y ago
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What you describe there would be a preimage attack[0], not a collision attack. There is no publicly known practical[1] preimage attack on MD5 at this time.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preimage_attack
1. 2^123.4 complexity is
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taumhn
11y ago
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If I understand correctly, what's described in the article indeed uses a collision attack. The "trusted app" is one the hacker manufactures himself.
ryan-c
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11y ago
Yes, that was what the article says, but the person I was responding to misunderstood.
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