Re: [Duplicity-talk] Feature request/discussion: Store identical files only once

[Alexander Boström]

ons 2008-06-25 klockan 08:12 +0200 skrev Peter Schuller:

> I generally like the idea. The problem I see is security. I'd be fine usng 
> this on e.g. my own home directory. But more general use can be quite 
> sensitive. One may allow for accidental hash collisions being sufficiently 
> unlikely that you can ignore the problem; but in the presence of malicious 
> intent you are also relying on the security of the hash algorithm

Yes, though I think this can be solved by actually comparing the data
and just using the checksums to find the right candidate files to
compare.

/abo