[Python-Dev] Hash collision security issue (now public) (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Wed Jan 4 11:55:13 CET 2012


On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:59:15 +0200 Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> wrote:

Is it really a security issue? We knew all along that dicts are O(n^2) in worst case scenario, how is this suddenly a security problem?

Because it has been shown to be exploitable for malicious purposes?

Regards

Antoine.



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