Humbedooh commented on pull request #517: URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-ponymail/pull/517#issuecomment-679282204
As for `Does the generator work well with mails that don't have list headers?`, I see no indication that it would make any difference if a header is present or not. The pibble length can be debated, but we have to balance the requirement of the administrators and that of the end users. The current length is good enough that random collisions are unlikely to happen (1:10^24 chance of that). It is short enough that people will use the permalinks and not use a URL shortener. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know about the precise preimage attack chances here. I am however satisfied that this generator works as intended, and improves upon what we have to offer. If that means going from 16 bytes in the pibble to 24, for added preimage security, I'd be okay with that. What I would dislike is doing a full length digest, as that discourages using permalinks in their raw form, which is counterproductive for permalinks. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
