Re: The Pointlessness of the MD5 "attacks"

[Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

James A. Donald wrote:
>     --
> On 15 Dec 2004 at 8:51, Ben Laurie wrote:
>
> > People seem to be having a hard time grasping what I'm trying
> > to say, so perhaps I should phrase it as a challenge: find me
> > a scenario where you can use an MD5 collision to mount an
> > attack in which I could not mount an equally effective attack
> > without using an MD5 collision.
>
>
> I could circulate watermarked versions of copyrighted material
> without it being apparent that they were watermarked. 

That was the attack I was not disputing :-)

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