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Semi-closing a hole

Posted Apr 12, 2012 11:56 UTC (Thu) by intgr (subscriber, #39733)
In reply to: Semi-closing a hole by intgr
Parent article: Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 security release

> It *WILL* be the default in newer Python versions

To be more specific, it will be the default in Python 3.3 and newer -- since it's a feature release, breaking compatibility is allowed.

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Semi-closing a hole

Posted Apr 12, 2012 14:20 UTC (Thu) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]

So, we'll only need to wait 5-10 more years before it trickles down to end-users!

Semi-closing a hole

Posted Apr 12, 2012 14:35 UTC (Thu) by intgr (subscriber, #39733) [Link]

> So, we'll only need to wait 5-10 more years

No problem, we've waited ~20 years for people to fix this bug (hash table collision DoS is a pretty old and well-known problem). We can wait 10 more for the fix to reach users. ;)