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Re: Eliminating the "rehash" mechanism for 5.18

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Eric Brine
Date:
October 30, 2012 18:10
Subject:
Re: Eliminating the "rehash" mechanism for 5.18
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CALJW-qEBNx7V9ZE1H3JT3_OhegddO2w37tyoK_PiD7NSZLFGEw@mail.gmail.com
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Eric Brine <ikegami@adaelis.com> wrote:
> >  How many hashes does one need to build to
> > determine the seed?
>
> If brute-force is the only method, quite a lot.


I would have thought one could eliminate a whole bunch of seeds by
inserting two values and observing the order in which they are returned.
Rinse and repeat with two carefully picked values.

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