Re:SHA-1 'fully and practically broken' by new collision (2020)
by filmor on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @02:50AM
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What do you mean by "CAS"?
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Re:SHA-1 'fully and practically broken' by new collision (2020)
by smsm42 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @02:58AM
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I think it means Content Addressable Storage - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-addressable_storage
In short, it's a method of storage where object's identity is derived from object's content (usually via hashing it). So the assumption is: same hash => same content => same object.