On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:10:42 -0500, "Ricky Beam" said: > When you can do that in the timespan of weeks or days, get back to me. > Today, it takes years to calculate a collision, and you have to start with > a document specifically engineered to be modified. (such documents are > easily spotted upon inspection: why does this word doc contain two > documents?)
That question never arises, because this word doc contains only one document. The *OTHER* word doc also contains only one document. > You can't take any random document, modify it to say what you > want, and keep the same hash. People still haven't been able to do that > with MD5, and that's been "broken" for a long time. That doesn't change the fact that if I can get you to sign a document I present to you, I can still have lots of fun at your expense.
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