Re:Initial Hammer2 filesystem implementation
by loeg on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:17PM
(#15078266)
I agree that 256 bit hashing is totally sufficient. I wouldn't call 512 bits "placebo," though. Just overkill.
Re:Initial Hammer2 filesystem implementation
by Dylan16807 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @01:23AM
(#15078716)
You hit a point where the longer runtime increases your chance of error by a very small amount that is nevertheless larger than the protection you gain.
512 bit hashing is basically placebo.