joeorc on 23 November 2009
| coolbeans said: Just a cover-up so they can give MAG a go :P. |
lol..what was funny it only too 200 ps3's clustered to break the MD5's world wide web encryption
Using PS3's To Forge Site Certificates
Verisign discontinues flawed MD5 certificates
(old news - 09:02AM Friday Jan 02 2009)
tags: security · software · networking
Tipped by KeysCapt
Verisign discontinues flawed MD5 certificates
(old news - 09:02AM Friday Jan 02 2009)
tags: security · software · networking
Tipped by KeysCapt
User KeysCapt writes in: "Researchers using 200 PlayStation 3's, a sophisticated attack on the ailing MD5 hash algorithm, and a slip-up by Verisign claim to have found a method of hacking any website, in the interest of improving web security. As a result Verisign says it's stopped using MD5, as of around noon Pacific time December 30. "We're disappointed that these researchers did not share their results with us earlier," writes Verisign's Tim Callan, "but we're happy to report that we have completely mitigated this attack."
writes in: "Researchers using 200 PlayStation 3's, a sophisticated attack on the ailing MD5 hash algorithm, and a slip-up by Verisign claim to have found a method of hacking any website, in the interest of improving web security. As a result Verisign says it's stopped using MD5, as of around noon Pacific time December 30. "We're disappointed that these researchers did not share their results with us earlier," writes Verisign's Tim Callan, "but we're happy to report that we have completely mitigated this attack."
I AM BOLO
100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...
ps:
Proud psOne/2/3/p owner. I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.
