Re: new coreutil? shuffle - randomize file contents

[David Feuer]

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 04:29:50PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> were truly random.  The application to high-stakes poker games should
> be obvious.
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> (I agree that all this is overkill for non-adversarial applications.)

Aside from shuffling cards (which should rarely if ever involve more
than 520 cards), can anyone think of an application of shuffling in
which attack is likely?

David