[issue16427] Faster hash implementation
Antoine Pitrou
report at bugs.python.org
Tue Apr 9 18:36:54 CEST 2013
Antoine Pitrou added the comment:
> pybench and perf.py can be used to measure performances of the patch.
> The speedup may not be detected, but a slowdown would be detected at
> least.
The slowdown would only occur for specific, well-chosen patterns. Also it may make DoS attacks easier.
(remember the reason we randomized hashes is so that it's hard for attackers to find collisions)
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