[TS-1669] Evaluate SipHash as a replacement for MD5

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: 7.1.0
• Component/s: Core, Performance
• Assignee: Phil Sorber
• Reporter: James Peach
• Created: 28/Jan/13 18:11
• Updated: 15/Aug/16 21:35

Description

SipHash is claimed to have the stability of MD5 but the performance of a non-crypto hash function. Let's take a look and see whether there's any benefit to that.