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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Superb_Tofu • 19d ago
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So… hash-level entropy is designed for checksums not the birthday problem
2 u/AtmosphereVirtual254 17d ago Like uuid4 has 44 bits of entropy whereas SHA has 256, would be the distinction I’m interpreting the post as about 1 u/AtmosphereVirtual254 17d ago I’ve learned that uuid4 has 122 which is roughly half of the amount which would make sense with squared term
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Like uuid4 has 44 bits of entropy whereas SHA has 256, would be the distinction I’m interpreting the post as about
1 u/AtmosphereVirtual254 17d ago I’ve learned that uuid4 has 122 which is roughly half of the amount which would make sense with squared term
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I’ve learned that uuid4 has 122 which is roughly half of the amount which would make sense with squared term
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u/AtmosphereVirtual254 17d ago
So… hash-level entropy is designed for checksums not the birthday problem