This isn’t really true. git is relying on the second-preimage resistance of sha1...

benchaney on Jan 24, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: BLAKE2: “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” Than MD...

This isn’t really true. git is relying on the second-preimage resistance of sha1 rather than the collision resistance. There are few attacks that theoretically are enabled by finding Sha collisions, by they aren’t really practical.