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dbrgn on May 4, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: PHP: md5('240610708') == md5('QNKCDZO')

Just to make it clear, I did not come up with this example. Unfortunately I can't find out the source anymore. It also contained some technical explanations about why this works. So if anyone remembers, I'd be happy if you could comment with the link.

dbrgn on May 4, 2015 | [–]

Ah, here it is: https://twitter.com/spazef0rze/status/523010190900469760

spaze on May 4, 2015 | [–]

Author of the original tweet here, thanks for sharing! Here's the link to the "original original" MD5 tweet https://twitter.com/spazef0rze/status/439352552443084800

For similar tricks for SHA-1 and plaintext see https://twitter.com/spazef0rze/status/523010190900469760

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