Donald Stufft donald at stufft.io
Tue Feb 25 14:08:09 CET 2014

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On Feb 25, 2014, at 8:06 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Last issues:
>>> - hash DoS
>> 
>> is this fixed?
> 
> Yes, hash randomization was added as an option in 2.7.3 or 2.7.4 or
> thereabouts, and is on by default in 3.3+. You do have to set an
> environment variable for 2.7 (and I think 2.6 got that too (??)), as
> it can break code.
> 
> ChrisA
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Hash randomization is broken and doesn’t fix anything. It’s only SipHash in 3.4+ that actually fixes it.

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