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Cc: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d
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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?

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