Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 02:24:35 12/19/03
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On December 19, 2003 at 04:22:24, Joost Buijs wrote: >I agree, a collision is very unlikely, but not impossible. >You will never be sure the calculated number of nodes are actually correct. > >Regards, >Joost With 128 bit keys collisions won't be your main concern, even with 64 bit keys it takes a week, give or take, to average 1 collision, so we're probably talking a few million years with 128 bit keys. I consider it more likely that there is a bug in the move generator or that some computer will overheat and produce wrong numbers, or there could be an error in the transmission... You can never be completely sure of that either until its been verified independently. -S.
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