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Add more peer ID entropy (#960)

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Feross Aboukhadijeh
2016-09-23 21:14:50 +02:00
committed by DC
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@@ -56,12 +56,8 @@ const VERSION_PREFIX = '-WD' + VERSION_STR + '-'
/** /**
* Generate an ephemeral peer ID each time. * Generate an ephemeral peer ID each time.
* Once there are around 2^24 = ~8 million WebTorrent Desktops online at the same time,
* ID collisions will start happening. Birthday paradox.
* This is fine, though. Bad peers can already clone someone else's peer ID.
* The network is robust to occasional collisions.
*/ */
const PEER_ID = Buffer.from(VERSION_PREFIX + crypto.randomBytes(6).toString('hex')) const PEER_ID = Buffer.from(VERSION_PREFIX + crypto.randomBytes(9).toString('base64'))
// Connect to the WebTorrent and BitTorrent networks. WebTorrent Desktop is a hybrid // Connect to the WebTorrent and BitTorrent networks. WebTorrent Desktop is a hybrid
// client, as explained here: https://webtorrent.io/faq // client, as explained here: https://webtorrent.io/faq