Re: syscall convention - analysis of collision probability.

From: David Wagner (dawat_private)
Date: Thu Aug 23 2001 - 15:01:37 PDT

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    David Wheeler wrote:
    >Basically, MD5 works, even if you're only using 32 bits, as a practical
    >method for distinguishing modules.
    
    Yes.  With n modules, the probability of a collision is only about
    n^2/2^33.  In other words, as long as you don't have tens of thousands
    of module names, it is unlikely that you'll ever see a collision.
    
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