Feature #12242: Is it worth adding collision probability of SecureRandom functions in RubyDoc?

• Status: Feedback
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[kgrz (Kashyap K)]

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.

[kgrz (Kashyap K)]

• 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 :(

[shevegen (Robert A. Heiler)]

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.

[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

• Status changed from Open to Feedback

[duerst (Martin Dürst)]

Yui, it may be helpful to say what kind of feedback do you want, and from whom.