Defensive programming

[Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote previously:
|I think there's something to be said for using collision resistant
|hashes whenever any kind of hash is needed.  Why fall back on the OS
|to get you out of trouble, when you can avoid getting in trouble in
|the first place?  I haven't read the papers yet though.

Well... for Python, I'd rather have a hash with excellent typical case
performance than one than a typically slower one with more collision
resistance.  If my normal, non-DoS programs run a bit faster, that's
something I experience every day... if those (very) few of them that
have conceivable DoS exposure do badly under attack... well, that's bad,
but probably best addressed otherwise.

Yours, Lulu...

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