[openssl-dev] use SIPhash for OPENSSL_LH_strhash?

Salz, Rich rsalz at akamai.com
Wed Jan 11 15:36:38 UTC 2017


> Is there really no use of LHASH tables in OpenSSL where an attacker
> attempting a DoS attack can control the contents of the tables?

The only use of LHASH is in SSL_SESSION and X509_NAME, which use their own hashing functions, and are only used after the session and/or certs have been cryptographically verified.



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