[lug] MD5 strength?

[rm at fabula.de]

On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:40:24PM -0600, Peter Hutnick wrote:
> >   - is MD5 reversible ? (no)
> 
> I addressed this (indirectly) in my reply to the original question.

... wich i only saw _after_ writing my reply (otherwise i wouldn't have).
Glanced over the terminal screen too fast (and broke my glases last week).

> If it were "reversible" you could use it to compress ANY file down to 16
> bytes!

and wouldn't _that_ be convenient ...

  Ralf

> -Peter
> 
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