From: Sebastian Schuberth Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:19:43 GMT Subject: Exploiting SHA1's "XOR weakness" allows for faster hash calculation Message-ID: Hi, to say it in advance: I do not want to trigger any bogus security discussion here. Instead, I believe the findings from [1] allow for an up to 20% faster SHA1 calculation, if my brief reading of the presentation is correct. Any opinions on integration this optimization into Git? [1] https://hashcat.net/p12/js-sha1exp_169.pdf -- Sebastian Schuberth