Re: Starting to think about sha-256?

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On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 11:46:39AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Sure. But if you are pulling from an untrusted source, you'd better at 
> least check the result.

I completely agree; however, even discussing "earlier takes precedence"
entails that you are somehow pulling from an untrusted source. I just
wanted to point out that "earlier" does not always mean "more trusted
than the thing you're pulling now" (since it might have just been pulled
earlier, not created or verified by you).

> Anybody who just blindly accepts data from untrusted sources is screwed in 
> so many other ways that the hash attack simply isn't even on the radar.

Agreed.

-Peff
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