Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Aug 2003 18:35:22 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Lockless file reading |
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root@mauve.demon.co.uk wrote: > > Probability on the order of 2^-32 with MD5 any-pairs collision. > MD5 is 128 bit output, so that's around 2^64 pairs before you have a birthday.
Right. Dozy me :)
> > Do you still have the GIFs? > > There arn't that many GIFs in the world. > I'd be really surprised if there were that many pictures in the world.
I'd be really surprised if what you saw wasn't a software error, misreporting or miscalculating the MD5.
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