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Re: Some thoughts on a v5 key and why it shouldn't be a mess (fwd)

2005-09-22 12:52:18

On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:00:00PM +0200, Konrad Rosenbaum wrote:

Let's say MDX is broken by some genius.

Remember, that the key ID is the last 8 (or four) byes of the fingerprint.
If MDX is broken, one can generatet a key with an arbitrary ID.

-- 
Daniel