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

[Christian Heimes]

Am 31.12.2011 23:38, schrieb Terry Reedy:
> On 12/31/2011 4:43 PM, PJ Eby wrote:
> 
>> Here's an idea.  Suppose we add a sys.hash_seed or some such, that's
>> settable to an int, and defaults to whatever we're using now.  Then
>> programs that want a fix can just set it to a random number,
> 
> I do not think we can allow that to change once there are hashed 
> dictionaries existing.

Me, too. Armin suggested to use an env var as random.