On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 01:57:50PM -0400, Remco Rijnders wrote: > On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 12:26:34PM -0500, Derek wrote in > > In other words, this scheme does not guarantee uniqueness, and is > > therefore broken. > > Well, the odds of the same number being selected are about 1 in 2 billion > (on modern day Linux, admittedly), while the odds of winning the jackpot in > the Powerball lottery are about 1 in 292 million.
If your RNG is working properly. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/random_number_b.html Mutt's message ID generation is not susceptible to such bugs. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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