Comment on Colliding with the SHA prefix of Linux's initial Git commitparentComments−Dylan168071ySure it's plaster, but plaster can last a good while. Sufficiently new attacks don't come around all that often, and every hash has a risk of new attacks showing up.−hcs1yfwiw, I wasn't too familiar with this usage, looked it up and sticking plaster is in the sense of bandaid here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive_bandageBut agreed that it's a rather tougher patch than I'd originally thought, reading elsewhere in this thread.
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Sure it's plaster, but plaster can last a good while. Sufficiently new attacks don't come around all that often, and every hash has a risk of new attacks showing up.
fwiw, I wasn't too familiar with this usage, looked it up and sticking plaster is in the sense of bandaid here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive_bandage
But agreed that it's a rather tougher patch than I'd originally thought, reading elsewhere in this thread.