Re: Re: Case ID 51560370 - Notice of ClaimedInfringement

[dk <dk () pwarchitects com>]

Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:07:08 EDT, bkfsec said:
>
>
> > Craft a file with the same hash, time+date stamp and size, and be sure 
> > to include a program and license disclosure for a program that you 
> > wrote. 
>
>
> Unfortunately, nobody has a good algorithm for creating a file that has the
> same MD5 hash as a given existing file.  So while I *can* create two files
> "foo1" and "foo2" that happen to have the same hash (the actual value of which
> I have no control over), I can't (yet) create a file that has the same MD5 hash
> as the trailer for the next Star Wars movie...

Modding the p2p app to falsely match specific remote chunks against 
crafted local files seems an easier route than trying to find 
collisions. :) Then again, it would break the swarming feature of what 
ever app you modded & 'prolly be breaking some other U.S. Law.

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dk
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