Message 159430 - Python tracker

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Author	vstinner
Recipients	Arfrever, PaulMcMillan, Vlado.Boza, dmalcolm, koniiiik, vstinner
Date	2012-04-26.22:47:54
SpamBayes Score	-1.0
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Message-id	<1335480475.52.0.31791912635.issue14621@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> One possible fix: ... > Main loop looks like this: .. Well, it was decided to not impact performances to workaround one specific class of attack, whereas there are many other ways to DoS Python. So we chose to keep the main loop unchanged. Randomizing the hash is not a fix for the hash DoS, it only makes the attacker harder.

> One possible fix: ...
> Main loop looks like this: ..

Well, it was decided to not impact performances to workaround one specific class of attack, whereas there are many other ways to DoS Python. So we chose to keep the main loop unchanged. Randomizing the hash is not a fix for the hash DoS, it only makes the attacker harder.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-04-26 22:47:55	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, Arfrever, dmalcolm, PaulMcMillan, Vlado.Boza, koniiiik
2012-04-26 22:47:55	vstinner	set	messageid: <1335480475.52.0.31791912635.issue14621@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-04-26 22:47:54	vstinner	link	issue14621 messages
2012-04-26 22:47:54	vstinner	create