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An attempt to backdoor the kernel

Posted Nov 20, 2003 13:30 UTC (Thu) by Wol (guest, #4433)
In reply to: An attempt to backdoor the kernel by rschroev
Parent article: An attempt to backdoor the kernel

Colliding hashes is MATHEMATICALLY INEVITABLE.

It can't, therefore, be a bug.

Being able to generate a file that results in the hash you want, however, most definitely IS a bug, because it is a gaping security hole.

Cheers,
Wol

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