Re: BUG #4876: author of MD5 says it's seriously broken - hash collision resistance problems

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Jim Michaels" <jmichae3(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Subject: Re: BUG #4876: author of MD5 says it's seriously broken - hash collision resistance problems
Date: 2009-06-24 07:59:06
Message-ID: 200906241059.06669.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Wednesday 24 June 2009 04:59:05 Jim Michaels wrote:
> If you are looking for hash collision protection, start looking at SHA-256
> or SHA-512.

Well, are we looking for that? We are not using MD5 for digital signatures.

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