Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Aug 2003 05:29:33 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? |
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David Wagner wrote: > If you see a 64-bit values repeat twice in a row when querying a > cryptographic pseudorandom generator, the crypto-PRNG is almost surely > broken.
True. However if you generate lots of 64-bit values and see a collision between any two, that is much more likely. See "birthday paradox".
I know you understand this, David. Just so everyone else is clear, because part of this thread is about locking problems (same result within a short time), and part of this thread is about uniqueness (collisions between any pair).
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