Re:Linus on Git and SHA-1
by bascule on Saturday February 25, 2017 @10:05PM
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I absolutely believe git should use a cryptographically secure hash function.
But you're completely missing my point, which is about Linus's claims that git's use of SHA1 isn't security-critical, but why he's using a cryptographically secure hash function anyway.
But you're completely missing my point, which is about Linus's claims that git's use of SHA1 isn't security-critical, but why he's using a cryptographically secure hash function anyway.