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I've definitely dealt with hash/GUID collisions in the context of safety critical systems before. It's not a particularly uncommon requirement either.

"just" is pulling a lot of weight in your comment. Redundant consensus is difficult and expensive, all to address very particular error models (like the one you're assuming). If we expand our error model from localized error sources like cosmic rays to say, EMI, there are entire categories of fault injection attacks well-known to work against modern redundant systems.

That's assuming your specification is comprehensive and correct in the first place of course. My experience is that all specifications have holes related to their assumptions about the real world, and many of them have bugs or unintended behavior as well.



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