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Finding MD5 Collisions With Chinese Lottery

Posted by simoniker on from the soon-to-be-distributed-slashdotting dept.

Stanislav Shalunov writes "Jean-Luc Cooke posted a Usenet article describing a distributed webpage-based effort (Chinese Lottery) to find a collision in the MD5 function. All you need to do to participate in the effort is visit the URL that loads the code. The author comments: 'What is interesting about this approach - when we reach final release stage - is that any website that adds this small snippet of code to their pages will have their visitors working on the problem for the duration of their visit to the site'."

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  1. An Important Warning... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Mad Troll Disease is a fatal disease that has reached near-epidemic proportions. It is caused by failure to pay your $699 licensing fee to SCO. Please protect your health and don't forget to pay your $699 licensing fee.

  2. Re:How do I add this to my site? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Linux is like living in a teepee. No Windows, no Gates, Apache in house.

    Living in a teepee? No running water, no bathroom, yeah sounds like linux.