[EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin) wrote on 11.04.05 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > By author: Christopher Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > There is one problem though. How about the SHA1 hash collision? > > Even the chance is very remote, you don't want to lose some data do due > > to "software" error. I think it is OK that no handle that > > case right now. On the other hand, it will be nice to detect that > > and give out a big error message if it really happens. > > > > If you're actually worried about it, it'd be better to just use a > different hash, like one of the SHA-2's (probably a better choice > anyway), instead of SHA-1. How could that help? *Every* hash has hash collisions. It's an unavoidable result of using less bits than the original data has. MfG Kai - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
