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diff --git a/content/posts/2021-11-11-the-birthday-paradox.md b/content/posts/2021-11-11-the-birthday-paradox.md index 0b6c1af..37e1730 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021-11-11-the-birthday-paradox.md +++ b/content/posts/2021-11-11-the-birthday-paradox.md @@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ draft: true > is a shared birthday is greater than 50%? This is called the [Birthday Problem][bp], and the solution is known as -the *birthday paradox*. It is an interesting problem because the answer -is counterintuitive (hence the name *birthday paradox*) and because the -ramifications affect security, particularly [cryptographic hash -algorithms][hash]. +the *birthday paradox*. It is interesting because the answer is +counterintuitive and the ramifications affect the security of +[cryptographic hash algorithms][hash]. -The explanation was a bit long for a blog post, so I moved it -to a full article which you can read at the following URL: +The explanation is a bit long for a blog post, so I wrote a full +article: [The Birthday Paradox][bp] |