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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Make connection ID appear random (#1750)

Martin Thomson <notifications@github.com> Tue, 18 September 2018 14:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Make connection ID appear random (#1750)
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The appearance of randomness is not the requirement we are looking for here.  The point is that it should not be possible to correlate or predict connection IDs for the same connection using information available to entities other than the one that generates the connection ID. 

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