Confusing MD5 and DSS? (was Rumor: DSS Broken?)

["Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>]

On 18 May 96 at 19:30, Robert Hettinga wrote:
[..]
> I was talking to someone who was talking to someone (have I said this is a
> rumor yet?) who was solicited for comment by a Very Famous Reporter about
> the fact that  DSS, the Digital Signature Standard, promulgated by NIST, I
> believe, had been broken.

Hm. Isn't there supposed to be a "TM" after "Very Famous Reporter"?

There was a recent "So..." thread on coderpunks about some collisions 
found for MD5... as reporters are wont to, perhaps MD5 got confused 
with SHS which got further confused with DSS?

Just speculation upon speculation.



Rob.



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