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[TLS] SHA-1 vs. FNV-1

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Sat, 08 May 2010 01:06 UTC

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At the IETF meeting, I promised to write something about the hash algorithm
for cached info.

In short, I prefer SHA-1 to FNV-1. FNV-1 introduces a new algorithm for no
reason other than people might be confused about what SHA-1 is doing
in this case. I realize it's simple but calling SHA-1 is even simpler.
We should just call SHA-1 with no agility.

-Ekr

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