Re:BitTorrent v2
by loeg on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @01:23PM
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Sure, but this is not any more expensive than any other versioning scheme you might be thinking of. Consider also that they got 19+ years out of v1, and that there is no reason to believe SHA2 will be broken faster than SHA1.
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Re:BitTorrent v2
by johnisgood on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @01:58PM
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Probably, but would it be possible to make it so that one could easily swap the hash function? Like I am curious about the details here. I think it would be. Clients probably will have to implement a couple of commonly used hash functions, and so forth. I am not sure how it would work in practice or if it is worth it at all. I am interested in all the details though.