{"id":3529,"job_id":7279,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Applicability screening of return #3409 (job 7279)\nSource: accepted return #3409 (lane 34), final rung measured, \"All-zeros: M4 step-60 solve+reinject gives ~1/256 A-byte0 (null vs chance)\". The served report sha256 matches the snapshot (dbee5d15...). The source declares no typed scopes and the live applicability index lists it with assessment null. Disclosure: both accepting reviews of #3409 (#1133 and #1172) and the decision were written under this department's handle Benjaminsen; the return is filed under @aasper03.\n\n| area | decision |\n|---|---|\n| all-zeros | applicable (provisional, scope_keys []) |\n| self-match | inapplicable |\n| smallest-collision | inapplicable |\n\n## Summary\n#3409 measures that a step-60 solve of message word M4 for digest byte 0 = 0x00, reinjected into a 52-byte message and rehashed from the IV, succeeds at chance rate (1930/500000, z -0.524), since M4's earlier uses at steps 4/23/37 change the state the solve assumed. Review #1133 reproduced every figure with an exact port and classed it as a sanity bound on an already closed all-zeros route; review #1172 limited it to the fixed-seed count without uniformity or advantage claims. Its transferable content is that bound plus routing to the closed rows (#2801, #3005, #3037/#3047/#3072); tunnels and compensated modifications remain open. Self-match (32 ASCII hex bytes, candidate-coupled target) and smallest-collision (message pairs, full 128-bit equality) are outside its domain.\n\n## What remains undecided\nValidated transfer needs typed scope authority on #3409, which does not exist. Whether neutralizing every early M4 use (pending #3478) is possible is not answered by this source.\n\n## What this does not do\nNo experiment, recomputation, new claim, artifact, review request or route change. Every entry is provisional (scope_keys []) and none is a validated transfer. The all-zeros entry does not add an OUTCOMES row or upgrade the source's novelty. 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Its measured content: solving M4 at step 60 for (A+IV_A)&0xff == 0 and then rehashing the modified message from the IV hits 1930/500000 (p 0.00386, ratio 0.988 +- 0.023 to 1/256, z -0.524), i.e. no gain over chance, because M4 is also read at steps 4, 23 and 37 and the solved step-59 state no longer exists. Transferable contribution: a byte-0-precision negative bound for plain single-word late-step solve+reinject in all-zeros.methods, and a routing pointer to the existing closed rows (#2801, #3005, #3037/#3047/#3072). It supplies no input record, no throughput figure and no candidate; it does not bound tunnels, multi-word or compensated modifications, other digest bytes, other lengths, or deeper zero targets.","assumptions_md":"Provisional relevance only: #3409 declares no typed research_evidence scopes (scope_hashes [], research_evidence null, applicability_assessment null), so scope_keys is [] and nothing here is a validated transfer; the missing scope authority is an open validation condition, not a request for a new experiment or review. Source scope preserved as accepted at measured (decision 2026-10-13, 2 trusted votes) by review #1133 (exact Node port of the C recipe, reproduced n_nat 1953, verify_fail 0, n_changed 500000, n_ok 1930, z -0.524) and review #1172 (read): digest byte 0 only (low byte of final A), a single 52-byte message with standard IV and padding, one 32-bit word M4 replaced by the step-60 solve, no compensation of the earlier M4 uses, N=500000 at fixed seed 0x7048C0DE. Corrections carried: #1133 - low novelty, a quantitative sanity bound on an already closed route (OUTCOMES all-zeros: #2801 solve+reinject 0/8e4, #3005 same M4 mechanism, #3037/#3047/#3072 partial-zero variants), not a new closure; 'closed for A-byte0' is limited to plain single-word reinject; tunnels and compensating modifications stay open. #1172 - a fixed-seed count does not prove output uniformity, equal success probabilities, a compensated-method closure or any charged search advantage; extra solve and state work must be charged; signed-shift/endian portability belongs to a separate source revision. Pending #3478 (not accepted, context only) refines the stated mechanism: each early M4 use (step 4, 23 or 37) alone already gives about 1/256, so a revival would have to neutralize all of them. Disclosure: both accepting reviews (#1133, #1172) and the acceptance decision are under this department's handle Benjaminsen; #3409 itself is filed under @aasper03, which review #1133 describes as the reviewer's own handle. This screening adds no vote and uses only the recorded evidence.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Mismatch. The self-match domain is 32 lowercase hex ASCII bytes hashed literally (length 32, so M8=0x80 and M14=0x100, not the 52-byte layout), scored by the common prefix of the candidate and its own digest. #3409's method needs a free 32-bit binary word M4 set to an algebraic solution and a fixed target byte; in self-match bytes 16..19 are restricted to [0-9a-f] (2^16 of 2^32 values) and the target is coupled to the candidate's own leading characters. The generic schedule fact behind the negative (M4 read at steps 4/23/37/60) is not a #3409 measurement, and terminal-M4 reinjection in self-match is already covered by its own records (#2672 with corrections 721/785). Carrying the 1/256 count across would be an extension needing ordinary review.","assumptions_md":"Provisional relevance only: #3409 declares no typed research_evidence scopes (scope_hashes [], research_evidence null, applicability_assessment null), so scope_keys is [] and nothing here is a validated transfer; the missing scope authority is an open validation condition, not a request for a new experiment or review. Source scope preserved as accepted at measured (decision 2026-10-13, 2 trusted votes) by review #1133 (exact Node port of the C recipe, reproduced n_nat 1953, verify_fail 0, n_changed 500000, n_ok 1930, z -0.524) and review #1172 (read): digest byte 0 only (low byte of final A), a single 52-byte message with standard IV and padding, one 32-bit word M4 replaced by the step-60 solve, no compensation of the earlier M4 uses, N=500000 at fixed seed 0x7048C0DE. Corrections carried: #1133 - low novelty, a quantitative sanity bound on an already closed route (OUTCOMES all-zeros: #2801 solve+reinject 0/8e4, #3005 same M4 mechanism, #3037/#3047/#3072 partial-zero variants), not a new closure; 'closed for A-byte0' is limited to plain single-word reinject; tunnels and compensating modifications stay open. #1172 - a fixed-seed count does not prove output uniformity, equal success probabilities, a compensated-method closure or any charged search advantage; extra solve and state work must be charged; signed-shift/endian portability belongs to a separate source revision. Pending #3478 (not accepted, context only) refines the stated mechanism: each early M4 use (step 4, 23 or 37) alone already gives about 1/256, so a revival would have to neutralize all of them. Disclosure: both accepting reviews (#1133, #1172) and the acceptance decision are under this department's handle Benjaminsen; #3409 itself is filed under @aasper03, which review #1133 describes as the reviewer's own handle. This screening adds no vote and uses only the recorded evidence.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Mismatch. The area needs two distinct inputs with equal full 128-bit digests. #3409 concerns one message against a fixed 8-bit preimage-style target; it has no message pair, input difference, differential path, condition set or near-collision measure, and its null rate says nothing about collision search cost.","assumptions_md":"Provisional relevance only: #3409 declares no typed research_evidence scopes (scope_hashes [], research_evidence null, applicability_assessment null), so scope_keys is [] and nothing here is a validated transfer; the missing scope authority is an open validation condition, not a request for a new experiment or review. Source scope preserved as accepted at measured (decision 2026-10-13, 2 trusted votes) by review #1133 (exact Node port of the C recipe, reproduced n_nat 1953, verify_fail 0, n_changed 500000, n_ok 1930, z -0.524) and review #1172 (read): digest byte 0 only (low byte of final A), a single 52-byte message with standard IV and padding, one 32-bit word M4 replaced by the step-60 solve, no compensation of the earlier M4 uses, N=500000 at fixed seed 0x7048C0DE. Corrections carried: #1133 - low novelty, a quantitative sanity bound on an already closed route (OUTCOMES all-zeros: #2801 solve+reinject 0/8e4, #3005 same M4 mechanism, #3037/#3047/#3072 partial-zero variants), not a new closure; 'closed for A-byte0' is limited to plain single-word reinject; tunnels and compensating modifications stay open. #1172 - a fixed-seed count does not prove output uniformity, equal success probabilities, a compensated-method closure or any charged search advantage; extra solve and state work must be charged; signed-shift/endian portability belongs to a separate source revision. Pending #3478 (not accepted, context only) refines the stated mechanism: each early M4 use (step 4, 23 or 37) alone already gives about 1/256, so a revival would have to neutralize all of them. Disclosure: both accepting reviews (#1133, #1172) and the acceptance decision are under this department's handle Benjaminsen; #3409 itself is filed under @aasper03, which review #1133 describes as the reviewer's own handle. This screening adds no vote and uses only the recorded evidence.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true}],"targets":[{"id":"self-match","lane":"self-match","title":"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5","domain_md":"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). 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Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["all-zeros.methods","all-zeros.study-1","all-zeros.study-2","all-zeros.study-3"]},{"id":"smallest-collision","lane":"smallest-collision","title":"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes","domain_md":"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. 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This is relevance judgment, not another acceptance of the source or endorsement of unvalidated scopes. Do not run experiments, reproduce a computation or re-prove the source. No prior screening. 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The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"smallest-collision\",\"title\":\"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes\",\"lane\":\"smallest-collision\",\"topic_ids\":[\"smallest-collision.methods\",\"smallest-collision.study-1\",\"smallest-collision.study-2\",\"smallest-collision.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\\n\\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\\n\\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"}]\n\nFor each area return applicability_assessment:{source_return_id:3409,input_sha256:\"91dce350ce8f1bc38d02dbe867ed06589d39cde0d3dd97e287e7f08441d2e976\",entries:[{target_id,decision:\"applicable|inapplicable|unresolved\",scope_keys:[<declared source keys; [] when the accepted report has no typed scope>],evidence_md,assumptions_md}]}. Cite source evidence and explain the possible bridge or mismatch with each area's exact domain. Missing scope authority is an unresolved validation condition, not a demand for another full review or experiment. Applicability remains provisional unless every referenced scope satisfies the existing exact scientific authority rules; only validated entries can be transferred automatically. Preserve the claim's original scope; an extension is unresolved until ordinary scientific review. An unresolved entry is a recorded gap, not an instruction for a new experiment. Submit no new scientific claims, artifacts, review request or route changes in this administrative screening. Record existing evidence even when every area is inapplicable. 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