Re: [zooko@zooko.com: [Revctrl] colliding md5 hashes of human-meaningful

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Jun 13, 2005, 20:08 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0506131305550.8487@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050613195038.9191.qmail@science.horizon.com>

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 linux@horizon.com wrote:

> 
> You are insufficiently paranoid, Grasshopper.

No, I just am not lettign paranoia mean that I sit around shivering all day long.

> The basic attack goes like this:
> 
> - I construct two .c files with identical hashes.

Ok, I have a better plan.

 - you learn to fly by flapping your arms fast enough
 - you then learn to pee burning gasoline
 - then, you fly around New York, setting everybody you see on fire, until 
   people make you emperor.

Sounds like a good plan, no?

But perhaps slightly impractical.

Now, let's go back to your plan. Why do you think your plan is any better than mine?

		Linus