[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: git & Debian packaging sprint report



Hello,

On Tue 16 Jul 2019 at 08:37AM -07, Russ Allbery wrote:

> The consensus among all of us was that if you have an opportunity to pick
> something other than SHA-1 when designing a new protocol, you should.  But
> if it's not simple to pick a different hash, SHA-1 preimage resistance is
> reasonable and the other design properties of the system should dominate
> any concern about SHA-1 preimage attacks.  If the system is vulnerable to
> collisions, that's another matter; there are viable SHA-1 collisions.  But
> given the design described, I don't think it is.  (That said, designing
> the system for hash agility if possible is certainly recommended.)

Thanks for this.

tag2upload is equally as hash-agile as git.

-- 
Sean Whitton

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: PGP signature


Reply to: