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This comment on github, by Yann Collet (of zstd fame), is the most enlightening, practical information about the practical uses of hashes and checksums that I'v
by mriet 1y ago
This comment on github, by Yann Collet (of zstd fame), is the most enlightening, practical information about the practical uses of hashes and checksums that I've seen about hash collisions. I highely, highly recommend it:
https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash/issues/229#issuecomment-511956403 https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash/issues/229#issuecomment-5...
- mriet 1y agoFurther down in the discussion, he also adds this comment, which is also good: https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash/issues/229#issuecomment-609633206 https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash/issues/229#issuecomment-6...