On 22.01.2009 10:43, David de Lama wrote: > Hi @all! > > I have two questions: > - First, am I right that the chance of getting the same 32-bit rolling > checksum is 1/2^16 and to get the same 128-bit MD5 Hash is 1/2^127?
No. The chance of "accidental" collision with MD5 is: 1/2^64 The "other half" of bits is against brute-forcing. Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
