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Subject: Re: [9fans] compare-by-hash
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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Date: Sun,  1 Jun 2003 11:06:55 +0200
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> what's the prize for the first person who finds a clash?
> fame, of course, but i was hoping for a more concrete `and fortune'.
>
It strikes me that reserving a byte or two in a Venti block would
allow for as many as 256 or 65536 collisions before having to panic.
Is it too high a price to pay, or am I missing something fundamental?

++L

PS: What's /acme/mail/Mail's secret location of user headers?  I can't
seem to find a reference.