Sidney Markowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But I think that my numbers show that 40-bit should be ok at 4 million > and certainly at 3 million.
I think it's perfectly acceptable to have a small number of collisions and that size savings is a much more important factor. Bear in mind, not only does a collision have to happen, but it has to change the actual result *in the wrong direction* before we actually start caring. Daniel -- Daniel Quinlan anti-spam (SpamAssassin), Linux, http://www.pathname.com/~quinlan/ and open source consulting
