Re: duplicate md5 hash's

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>> GB> Is there any way that the same hash could have been generated more
>> than
>> GB> once?
>>
>> It's extremely unlikely (I cannot give you any stats as to how
>> unlikely though, sorry).

As I understand it (or don't, rather) the odds are one in 2,147,...,... (2
billion)

But that's only in theory.

In practice, I think people have demonstrated that it's not really 1 in 2
billion.

It's still damned unlikely, but making *SURE* with the loop you've got is
cheap and easy, so I'd stick with that.

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