Question: Estimate the probabilities of finding two messages with the same MD5 checksum, given total numbers of messages of 2 63 , 2 64 , and
Estimate the probabilities of finding two messages with the same MD5 checksum, given total numbers of messages of 263, 264, and 265. This is the birthday problem and again the probability that the (k + 1)th message has a different checksum from each of the preceding k is 1 − k/2128. However, the approximation in the hint there for simplifying the product fails rather badly now. So, instead, take the log of each side and use the approximation log(1 − k/2128) ≈ −k/2128.
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