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Lifetimes of cryptographic hash functions
Quick summary of my recommendations on compare-by-hash: If you are using compare-by-hash to generate addresses for data that can be supplied by malicious users, you should have a plan to migrate to a new hash every few years. For example, BitTorrent falls into this category, but rsync doesn't. Keep in mind that new…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jul 29, 2013 | Lifetimes of cryptographic hash functions by tswicegood | 153 | 52 |
| Feb 25, 2017 | Lifetimes of cryptographic hash functions by wwwhizz | 132 | 47 |
| Apr 30, 2014 | Lifetimes of cryptographic hash functions by luu | 54 | 15 |
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