Re: [boost] What hash functions should be included in a hypothetical Boost hash-v2 library?

Subject: Re: [boost] What hash functions should be included in a hypothetical Boost hash-v2 library?
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-12-31 16:25:19

Vinnie Falco wrote:

> Murmur is vulnerable to algorithmic complexity attacks:
>
> http://emboss.github.io/blog/2012/12/14/breaking-murmur-hash-flooding-dos-reloaded/

I don't think that xxHash is any stronger; they just didn't analyze it. They 
broke Murmur and CityHash not because these two are weaker than xxHash, but 
because they looked at Murmur and CityHash and didn't look at xxHash.