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RE: MD5 Collisions and Evidence Integrity

Subject: RE: MD5 Collisions and Evidence Integrity
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:32:12 -0600
On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 15:17, Jerry Shenk wrote:
  It does seem that if we'd start doing
md5sum and sha1sum hashes that that precaution might help in a few cases
where some lawyer tries to prove that the md5sum isn't reliable.

But doesn't the opposing counsel have the requirement to show that the
md5sum is not accurate and has been tampered with? Even in jury cases it
shouldn't be that hard to convince the jury that an effort of biblical
proportions is required to modify a file *to your liking* and still keep
the same md5sum.

I agree that 100% proof is not required as nothing is 100% bullet proof
(or secure). Best evidence applies.

Regards,
Frank

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