On Apr 17, 9:59 am, norseman <norse...@hughes.net> wrote: > The more complicated the math the harder it is to keep a higher form of > math from checking (or improperly displacing) a lower one. Which, of > course, breaks the rules. Commonly called improper thinking. A number > of math teasers make use of that.
Of course, designing a hash is hard. That's why the *recommended* ones get so many years of peer review and attempted attacks first. I'd love of Nigel provided evidence that MD5 was broken, I really would. It'd be quite interesting to investigate, assuming malicious content can be ruled out. Of course even he doesn't think that. He claims that his 42 trillion trillion to 1 odds happened not just once, but multiple times. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
