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Re: rsync and md4

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Subject: Re: rsync and md4
From: jim bell <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 22:48:50 -0800
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At 01:50 PM 6/29/96 +1000, Andrew Tridgell wrote:
>Why md4? I chose md4 because it seemed to be the fastest of the
>reputedly strong, publicly available checksum algorithms.

Whatever you do, PLEASE stop using the term "checksum" when what you really 
mean is CRC, hash or something else.  A "checksum" is a bad error checker, 
only somewhat better than none at all.  If you use the term "checksum" some 
neophyte might actually misinterpret what you're doing and implement a real, 
honest-to-goodness checksum in his next program.

Jim Bell
[email protected]

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