Most that know me know that I’m an avid gamer. I play video games, board games, card games, puzzles, pretty much anything I can get my hands on. Because I like puzzles and strategy games, I’ve regularly been asked what I think the most strategic game I’ve ever played is, and I’ve gotten more than the occasional odd look when I don’t respond with “Chess” or “Go”, but with “Magic: The Gathering“.
Archive for January, 2009
When Magic Lost It’s Magic
January 7, 2009MD5? Really?
January 7, 2009First let me say that this article is not meant to diminish the work that Alexander Sotirov et. all have been doing for the past 6 months. It’s good work, has brought about some awesome results, and has demonstrated what was once a theoretical attack on PKI certificates based on MD5 hash collisions. What I’m amazed at is that it had the impact that it actually did.
