From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <326364c20803060658p2cab6613ge83c9ae2c47d987f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:58:47 -0500 From: "Tom Lieber" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] thoughs about venti+fossil In-Reply-To: <20080306064002.GD18329@nibiru.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080305055255.GA4575@nibiru.local> <7f575fa27b41329b9ae24f40e6e5a3cd@plan9.bell-labs.com> <20080306040441.GA18329@nibiru.local> <14ec7b180803052015k6957e809p7c58dfa03545e026@mail.gmail.com> <20080306064002.GD18329@nibiru.local> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 710e39ac-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > My current idea is to use two separate hash functions in parallel > (as many sw distros already do). But I've got no idea if this > really helps or collissions in SHA-1 will often go parallel with > colissions in the second hash (eg. MD5). Two lightning strikes at the same time as two lotteries being won. You cannot eliminate the chances of collision this way. What are you trying to achieve with this thread? -- Tom Lieber http://AllTom.com/