From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263061AbVDLX0b (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:26:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263032AbVDLXVd (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:21:33 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:17806 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263048AbVDLXUX (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:20:23 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 01:20:03 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Paul Jackson Cc: Bill Davidsen , junkio@cox.net, dlang@digitalinsight.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel SCM saga.. Message-ID: <20050412232003.GB24414@elf.ucw.cz> References: <7vzmw7as25.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20050410105003.10e49ea0.pj@engr.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050410105003.10e49ea0.pj@engr.sgi.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > It's possible to generate another object with the same hash, but: > > Yeah - the real check is that the modified object has to > compile and do something useful for someone (the cracker > if no one else). > > Just getting a random bucket of bits substituted for a > real kernel source file isn't going to get me into the > cracker hall of fame, only into their odd-news of the > day. I actually two different files with same md5 sum in my local CVS repository. It would be very wrong if CVS did not do the right thing with those files. Yes, I was playing with md5, see "md5 to be considered harmfull today". And I wanted old version of my "exploits" to be archived. Pavel -- Boycott Kodak -- for their patent abuse against Java.