Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262293AbVDXIiX (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:38:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262291AbVDXIiW (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:38:22 -0400 Received: from colo.khms.westfalen.de ([213.239.196.208]:2195 "EHLO colo.khms.westfalen.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262289AbVDXIiQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:38:16 -0400 Date: 24 Apr 2005 10:01:00 +0200 From: kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <9VVxJIs1w-B@khms.westfalen.de> In-Reply-To: <6f6293f10504210220744af114@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: more git updates.. X-Mailer: CrossPoint v3.12d.kh15 R/C435 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Organisation? Me?! Are you kidding? References: <9VF1rZLXw-B@khms.westfalen.de> <9VF1rZLXw-B@khms.westfalen.de> <6f6293f10504210220744af114@mail.gmail.com> X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. Comment: Unsolicited commercial mail will incur an US$100 handling fee per received mail. X-Fix-Your-Modem: +++ATS2=255&WO1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 891 Lines: 21 felipe.alfaro@gmail.com (Felipe Alfaro Solana) wrote on 21.04.05 in <6f6293f10504210220744af114@mail.gmail.com>: > On 20 Apr 2005 22:29:00 +0200, Kai Henningsen > > > wrote: 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. > > SHA-2 allows for 256, 384 and 512-bit hashes, which provides greater > resistance to collisions. So? It's still finite. MfG Kai - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/