On 04/25/2011 09:32 AM, Daniel Feenberg wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Apr 2011, Mark Woodward wrote: > >> This is one of those things that make my brain hurt. If I am >> representing more data with a fixed size number, i.e. a 4K block vs a >> 16K block, that does, in fact, increase the probability of collision 4X, > > Only for very small blocks. Once the block is larger than the hash, > the probability of a collision is independent of the block size.
I think that statement sums up the conceptual gulf between the two sides. Its kinda like old school "god does not play dice" physicists and the quantum mechanical physicists. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
