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randomly seed each individual instance but may at best have one global seed.
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This consequently elevates the risk of a DoS attack on a `HashMap` instance.
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* The method of combining hashes together is not proven among other languages
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and is not guaranteed to provide the guarantees we want. This departure from
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the may have unknown consequences.
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# Unresolved questions
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* To what degree should `HashMap` attempt to prevent DoS attacks? Is it the

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