Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:42:49 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d Message-ID: <86392vqc86.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20120906171824.GC14757@dragon.NUXI.org> (David O'Brien's message of "Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:18:24 -0700") References: <201208221843.q7MIhLU4077951@svn.freebsd.org> <5043DBAF.40506@FreeBSD.org> <20120903005708.7082f230@gumby.homeunix.com> <20120906171824.GC14757@dragon.NUXI.org>
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David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes: > RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> writes: > > IMO the order should be reversed or the low-grade stuff should be > > piped through sha256. > We considered that. Arthur wanted to do it sooner, but I'm concerned > about impact of multiple sha256 invocations on a large amount of data > on low-end MIPS. Is there a reason to choose sha256 over a weaker, faster hash? DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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