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On 10/29/12 1:55 PM, demerphq wrote: > Perl currently has a defense against attacks on its hash algorithm > where it conditionally enables the use of a random hash seed when it > calculates the hash value for a string. This mode is triggered by > encountering an overly long bucket chain during insert. Once this bit > is set all further hash operations have to go through additional > layers of logic. All of this support has a per-operation cost. > [snip] This was a very well written post and proposal. Even someone with very limited knowledge of perlguts (me) could follow it. Thank you very much. Jim KeenanThread Previous | Thread Next