The Pointlessness of the MD5 "attacks"

[Ben Laurie]

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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