[email protected] (H. Peter Anvin) wrote on 11.04.05 in <[email protected]>:
> Followup to: <[email protected]>
> By author: Christopher Li <[email protected]>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > There is one problem though. How about the SHA1 hash collision?
> > Even the chance is very remote, you don't want to lose some data do due
> > to "software" error. I think it is OK that no handle that
> > case right now. On the other hand, it will be nice to detect that
> > and give out a big error message if it really happens.
> >
>
> If you're actually worried about it, it'd be better to just use a
> different hash, like one of the SHA-2's (probably a better choice
> anyway), instead of SHA-1.
How could that help? *Every* hash has hash collisions. It's an unavoidable
result of using less bits than the original data has.
MfG Kai
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