On Jun 12, 8:27 am, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote: > http://lwn.net/Articles/307281/ > > the authors of Git seem to be willing to take the chance, > and willing to bet the Linux kernel on it.
They may be correct, but I want to know why. Exactly. > If a Leo file was ever corrupted by a sha1 collision, it might > make for good press, the kind of thing slashdot loves. Not good enough. I've asked Charles R. MacCluer, my abstract algebra professor at Michigan State, for comments. Folks, this is too important a question for hand waving. Or hope. Edward P.S. I don't believe the (not shown!) calculation given in the url above. A proper answer would likely involve probability distributions. The author should have discussed these if he expects to be believed. EKR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
