What was the probability? Rodrigo.
Eric Furman <ericfur...@fastmail.net> wrote: > Troll, the question has been answered. > You are an entertaining troll, though. > It is highly amusing seeing someone make themselves look so silly. > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013, at 11:28 AM, hru...@gmail.com wrote: > > Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> wrote: > > > > > > You have strings A and B, and you know only that hash(A)=hash(B): what > > > > is the probability that A=B? 2^-160? > > > > > > No, that's never the problem. > > > > > > You have a *given* string A, and another string B. > > > > O.K. You have string A in the client with hash(A)=n. You find string > > B in the server also with hash(B)=n. What is the probability that > > A=B? > > > > Rodrigo.
