Re: What is md5sum?

From: P.T. Breuer (ptb_at_oboe.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:55:44 +0200

LEE Sau Dan <danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> >>>>> "P" == P T Breuer <ptb@oboe.it.uc3m.es> writes:
>
> P> They aren't. They're in "silly mode". You seem to believe in
> P> infinitely large numbers - cease, desist. The universe you can
> P> touch and smell is finite. There aren't 2^128 different files
> P> out there and there aren't going to be.
>
> Some 20 (or 30?) years ago, when people first designed the current IP
> protocol, they though that 32-bit IP address would be far more than
> enough for the whole Earth. And what's happening in the past 10
> years?

Do the calculation. Assume you need a microjoule to make each file.

Peter

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