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Re: DISCUSS comments on publickeyfile-09



> Is this better?

>    The public-key fingerprint method presented here relies on
>    the MD5 hash, which is known to have certain weaknesses
>    regarding it's collision-resistance; however, the particular
>    use made of MD5 here depends solely on it's 2nd-preimage
>    resistance, not on it's collision-resistance.
> 
>    MD5 is used here for historical reasons.

s/it's/its/ in all three occurrences.  I'd also
s/collision-resistance/collision resistance/, but that's less
important.

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