Marc Espie <[email protected]> wrote: > I consider 1/2^128 to be *vanishingly small*.
Christian Weisgerber mentions that a relative small range of the hash function would be a problem, but a big range is not enough: the whole depends on the hash function itself. But this would be a big discussion: in some contexts a necessary discussion in which experience with the function is not enough. > Just because you're irrational doesn't mean we have to cater to your > irrational fears. You have a different concept of rationality. It has nothing to do with to fear or not fear, with to like or dislike, or to express that one dislikes an algorithm (as I did). Rationality means to have a convincing explanation. You show to be more rational than Patric Conant, but your of his rationality is not the thema: we are speaking about rsync, cvsync, md5, not about Marc, Patric or Rodrigo. And no, I am not the expert: that is why I asked. But I do have my reasons to dislike such an algorithm, and even aesthetical reasons are reasons, and I never expected or demanded that you share my reasons. Rodrigo.
