Message159434
| Author |
vstinner |
| Recipients |
Arfrever, PaulMcMillan, Vlado.Boza, benjamin.peterson, dmalcolm, koniiiik, vstinner |
| Date |
2012年04月26日.23:10:43 |
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-1.0 |
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Yes |
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<1335481843.82.0.00366765367596.issue14621@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
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| Content |
> Problem with current randomization of hash function
> is following: Suffix does not influence whether two keys
> have some hash or not (it is xor-ed after everything).
Yes, the suffix is used to "protect" the secret. Without the suffix, it would be too simple to compute the prefix: getting a single hash value of a known string would leak the prefix.
> Suffix does not influence whether two keys have some hash
> or not (...). Everything except last 8 bits in prefix does
> not influence it also.
I don't know if we can do better and/or if it is a critical issue. |
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