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0x0
on Sept 27, 2014
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Counting bytes fast
If the sampling is deterministic, it sounds like you'd risk malicious input being able to cause pathological results? Not unlike the various hashmap DoS'es from a couple of years ago.
baudehlo
on Sept 28, 2014
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I think you may be a few years out in that. The hash DoS's were discovered about 11 years ago. Time flies eh?
0x0
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You're probably right, but there was a least a big reprise of it in 2011 in php - CVE-2011-4885
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