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Re: SHA1 hash safety

From
BOBrian O'Mahoney <omb@khandalf.com>
Date
Apr 18, 2005, 02:07 UTC
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<42631664.1050403@khandalf.com>
In-Reply-To
<200504170635.j3H6Z0Ga005661@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl>

Linus wants to drive ahead, and ignore the collision issue for now, and has been dismissive of the risks, he wants a result not heart searching, and the list comments exhibit a confusion with the engineering problem of avoiding accidental collisions v deliberate sabotage.

Since this is not a show-stopper, and getting the BK replacement in place is time critical, and if you look at the code it is easy to extend the content key, LET US just leave this issue for now.

Horst von Brand wrote:
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> ross@jose.lug.udel.edu said:
> 
> [...]
> 
> 
>>Linus has already weighed in that he doesn't give a crap.  All the
>>crypto-babble about collision whitepapers is uninteresting without a
>>repo that has real collisions.  git is far too cool as is - prove I
>>should be concerned.
> 
> 
> Just copy over a file (might be the first step in splitting it, or a
> header file that is duplicated for convenience, ...)
-- 
mit freundlichen Grüßen, Brian.

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  1. David LangApr 16, 2005
  2. Ingo MolnarApr 16, 2005
  3. David LangApr 16, 2005
  4. Brian O'MahoneyApr 16, 2005
  5. C. Scott AnanianApr 16, 2005
  6. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  7. C. Scott AnanianApr 16, 2005
  8. David LangApr 16, 2005
  9. Paul JacksonApr 16, 2005
  10. Martin MaresApr 16, 2005
  11. David A. WheelerApr 17, 2005
  12. Theodore Ts'oApr 18, 2005
  13. ross@lug.udel.eduApr 16, 2005
  14. Horst von BrandApr 17, 2005
  15. Brian O'MahoneyApr 18, 2005
  16. C. Scott AnanianApr 18, 2005
  17. Paul JacksonApr 16, 2005
  18. Brian O'MahoneyApr 16, 2005
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  21. David MeybohmApr 19, 2005
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  24. David LangApr 16, 2005
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