Re: MD5 Collisions...

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 23:21:21 -0800 (PST)
jason <freebsd-security@dfmm.org> wrote:

> Anyone in a position to understand what's going on here already knew.  And 
> anyone who doesn't understand these results is not going to be able to 
> make any effective use of an advisory, and they're just going to get 
> scared over nothing.  Therefore, I don't think any kind of advisory is 
> warranted.

fair enough. I also know that ports,etc dont solely rely on md5, but I think the text in man md5 could be made a bit updated a bit, or maybe point to some external reference with more updated information... 

just my $0.01 anyway ;)
thanks,
B
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