Thread (64 messages) 64 messages, 18 authors, 2020-05-16

Re: [TOPIC 3/17] Obliterate

From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <hidden>
Date: 2020-03-12 18:06:55

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 02:57:24PM +1100, James Ramsay wrote:
8. Jeff H: can we introduce a new type of object -- a "revoked blob" if you
will that burns the original one but also holds the original SHA in the ODB
??

9. Peff: what would this mean for signatures? New opportunity to forge
signatures.
Easy, you just quickly find a collision for that blob's sha1 and put 
that in place of the offending original. ;)

(Fully tongue-in-cheek.)

-K
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