casey / casey/intermodal

Embed secure hashes in all torrents

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enhancement
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
659
Forks
36
Avg merge
18m
Merged PRs (30d)
2

Description

Sha1 and MD5 are broken, so it might be prudent to embed secure hashes into torrents. These might not be immediately useful, but could allow someone with the torrent to verify that data is retrieved successfully.

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by examining the torrent creation and verification paths in this Rust CLI and how torrent metadata is represented. Determine the supported secure hash approach and the expected verification behavior. Done means torrents embed the agreed hashes and verification can use them, with tests covering the new metadata and validation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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