Messages in this thread | | | Date | 24 Apr 2005 10:01:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: more git updates.. |
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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 <kaih@khms.westfalen.de> > > > 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.
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