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From: "Hanno Böck" <hanno@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest2 hashes, take n+1-th
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:50:25
Message-Id: 20171021195011.55b3ce6b@pc1
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest2 hashes, take n+1-th by R0b0t1
1 On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:12:44 -0500
2 R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com> wrote:
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4 > That is precisely why I didn't suggest it be used on its own (see note
5 > about extant use of MD5), and why I gave alternatives. If it is
6 > desired that the hashes be computed quickly then weaker hashes will
7 > need to be used. One usually can't have both security and speed.
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9 You can have that. Blake2 is faster than any broken legacy hash.
10 And ripemd isn't particularly fast
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12 > People are discussing collision resistance, but no one here appears to
13 > be trained in cryptography.
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15 For the record, I'd claim I am.
16
17 --
18 Hanno Böck
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[gentoo-dev] Re: Manifest2 hashes, take n+1-th Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest2 hashes, take n+1-th R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com>