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Re^3: MD5 - what's the alternative

by adrianh (Chancellor)
on Aug 27, 2004 at 08:33 UTC ( [id://386288]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: MD5 - what's the alternative
in thread MD5 - what's the alternative

Not trying to split hairs, but I would say a finite, large number but not infinite.

Erm. Nope. Map an infinite number of things into a finite number of boxes and you'll get an infinite number of collisions. Dividing infinity by N just gives you infinity, not "a finite, large number".

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