I didn't "dig it up", I went to the source. The same place I went to at the very beginning.

What I find interesting is that you read

The MD5 algorithm is intended for digital signature applications,...
and then say:
You seem to think that your quotation says MD5 is a digital signature. It does not.

Simple, clear language.

That people, not those that designed it, have taken

It is conjectured that it is computationally infeasible to produce two messages having the same message digest...
to mean
It is ... <close eyes> ... computationally infeasible to produce two messages having the same message digest...

And then rant and rave when it doesn't, is not the fault of the designers of MD5.

Talking of UK advertising slogans. There is a really good, long running one for a range of paint products here in the UK. The catchphrase is:

(Ronseal)Does exactly what it say's (it will) on the packet.
Examine what is said, not who speaks.
"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"Think for yourself!" - Abigail
"Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon

In reply to Re^10: On showing the weakness in the MD5 digest function and getting bitten by scalar context by BrowserUk
in thread On showing the weakness in the MD5 digest function and getting bitten by scalar context by grinder

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