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		MichaelGG on Feb 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CoreCLR is now open source Also is it not for hash collision protection, which can end up hurting the runtime of many algorithms, causing a DoS?

plorkyeran on Feb 3, 2015 | [–]

No, it has no effect on hash collisions. Two hashes that are equal before being xored with the daily build number will still be equal afterwards.

porges on Feb 3, 2015 | | [–]

It won't help much there as the number is static for a particular build.

munificent on Feb 3, 2015 | [–]

The hash randomization for security is above this part of the code.

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