[issue13703] Hash collision security issue

Christian Heimes report at bugs.python.org
Tue Jan 3 21:31:16 CET 2012


Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> added the comment:

> I think on the contrary it must be enabled by default. Leaving security
> holes open is wrong.

We can't foresee the implications of the randomization and only a small number of deployments is affected by the problem. But I won't start a fight on the matter. ;)

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dependencies: +Random number generator in Python core
stage:  -> needs patch

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