[Dovecot] Single instance storage - testing please
Michael Orlitzky
michael at orlitzky.com
Fri Aug 27 03:52:41 EEST 2010
On 08/26/2010 04:41 PM, Mike Abbott wrote:
>> 1. What hash algorithm to use?
>
>> 2. Should I add support for trusting hash uniqueness
>
> Use two hash functions and concatenate the hashes. While both hash
> systems may eventually be hacked it is unlikely that hacking them
> will result in a targeted alias.
Just make it possible to change the hash in the future. Have a utility
that updates all (or a subset) of them.
If e.g. SHA256 is truly broken in the future, the utility can run
overnight while I fix the million other emergencies that are about to
exist in the morning.
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