The Pointlessness of the MD5 "attacks"

[James A. Donald]

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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. 

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         James A. Donald
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