Feature #12242
closedIs it worth adding collision probability of SecureRandom functions in RubyDoc?
Description
Is it feasible and/or even useful to document the probability of
collisions for the various random number generation methods in the
SecureRandom module?
I feel having a note to read about the possibility of collisions
happening for the various key lengths and generator functions might help
a lot of beginners. Although there are many birthday paradox checkers
online, I felt it would be a nice to have on the documentation pages
directly.
Updated by kgrz (Kashyap K) about 9 years ago
- Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
Apologies if I opened this in a wrong format. I'm pretty new to redmine tracker, and unfamiliar with the UI :(
Updated by shevegen (Robert A. Heiler) about 9 years ago
You mean you suggest to have the documentation better?
The UI can be a bit confusing I agree, I'd like to have a separate tracker for documentation, since docu is definitely not a "bug", but also not 100% a real "feature" (since the latter should imply behavioural changes).
I am all in favour of better documentation - I know next to nothing about collisions in SecureRandom at all.
Updated by naruse (Yui NARUSE) about 9 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Feedback
Updated by duerst (Martin Dürst) almost 9 years ago
Yui, it may be helpful to say what kind of feedback do you want, and from whom.