[STDS-802-Privacy] MAC collision probabilities.
Hi all,
I personally have a hard time trying to estimate how likely there is
to be collisions if multiple stations choose their MAC addresses at
random. My intuition tells me that 32bits is a *huge* space
(4.3billion) and ~5000 addresses, chosen at random should basically
never collide... but my intuition is wrong.
Dan wrote some code to calculate the probability of a collision in C.
I wanted an excuse to experiment with App Engine, so I converted it to
a small web app and stuck it here:
http://mac-collision-probability.appspot.com/
Hope it's useful,
W
--
I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad
idea in the first place.
This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing
regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
of pants.
---maf