MD5 collision in X509 certificates
Ben Laurie
ben at algroup.co.uk
Wed Mar 2 11:23:02 EST 2005
Dan Kaminsky wrote:
> The x.509 cert collision is a necessary consequence of the earlier
> discussed prime/not-prime collision. Take the previous concept, make
> both prime, and surround with the frame of an x.509 cert, and you get
> the new paper.
Actually, not - an RSA public key is not prime. Generating colliding
public keys takes quite a bit more work.
Cheers,
Ben.
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