On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Mark Copper <mcop...@titaninterface.com> wrote: > You're right about that. A table at wikipedia shows the chances of a > collision in a pool of 1 trillion (10^12) randomly generated 128 bit > numbers is about 1 in a trillion. I'd say that is practically 0. > > OTOH, MD5 values aren't quite random and I don't know what that implies > for the chances of a collision. Personally, I'd be happy to halve the > exponent above...
The important thing is what happens if there's a collision. If it just dies with a database error then a slight chance is totally acceptable. - Perrin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Mason-users mailing list Mason-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users
