Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - new thought about MD5checksum online generation

frustrated777 · 04-11-2008, 07:56 PM

I'm aware now that file download verification have been widely implemented. However, verification detail permananetly published on the website is still not safe. As far as I know, md5 checksum and other digital signature can also be hacked. I'm wondering if it is possible for IT people to generate md5 checksum online of which Nero's approch is improvable - try to visit

http://www.nero.com/ena/downloads-linux3-trial.php

For the time being, every time one puts email in the box, the page is just generate the same md5 checksum. How easy is it to generate different one using the same mode?

Could another approach be to use double digital signatures with different application clients?

04-11-2008, 07:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
frustrated777 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 56 OS: Windows 2000	new thought about MD5checksum online generation I'm aware now that file download verification have been widely implemented. However, verification detail permananetly published on the website is still not safe. As far as I know, md5 checksum and other digital signature can also be hacked. I'm wondering if it is possible for IT people to generate md5 checksum online of which Nero's approch is improvable - try to visit http://www.nero.com/ena/downloads-linux3-trial.php For the time being, every time one puts email in the box, the page is just generate the same md5 checksum. How easy is it to generate different one using the same mode? Could another approach be to use double digital signatures with different application clients? Last edited by frustrated777; 04-11-2008 at 08:20 PM.