MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening

MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening
Tim Callan, 2009-01-05

A few days ago at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, researchers presented a paper in which they had used an MD5 collision attack and substantial computing firepower to create a false SSL certificate using the RapidSSL brand of SSL certificate. In the intervening time we have seen a great deal of confusion and misinformation in the press and blogosphere about the specifics of this attack and what it means to the online ecosystem.

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MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-05
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-22
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MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-06
Charlie Miller (1 replies)

Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-06
Robert Lemos (5 replies)

Re: Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-06
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: Re: Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-12
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Re: Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-06
Anonymous

all certs moving forward are OK but what about older certs? the vuln still exists, although from reading this article, that point is downplayed severely. With the ease of ARP spoofing many places and the sluggishness at which many organizations will phase out the old MD5 based certs, there will be attack surface for some time to come.

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Re: Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-08
Anonymous

Re: Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-22
Anonymous

When is it "threatening"? When they post your bank statements as part of the presentation? 2009-01-23
Anonymous

MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-06
Margot (1 replies)

Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-07
Anonymous

Verisign were notified about this work prior to the presentation 2009-01-06
Alexander Sotirov (1 replies)

Re: Verisign were notified about this work prior to the presentation 2009-01-07
Ichinin (4 replies)

Re: Re: Verisign were notified about this work prior to the presentation 2009-01-07
Anonymous

Re: Re: Verisign were notified about this work prior to the presentation 2009-01-08
Anonymous

MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-08
Charles Hunter (1 replies)

Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-09
Robert Lemos (2 replies)

Re: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening 2009-01-09
Anonymous (1 replies)