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Article #190Re: What is Checksum, CRC and MD5 hash???
From: Brian Mitchell
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:00
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Kevin Curry (curryk@cnwl.igs.net) wrote: : Hello, : All this time using computers and I never really asked. Hummm!!!! : What is Checksum, Cyclic Redundancy Check and a MD5 Hash Function? Well, there is a file called 'everything you allways wanted to know about crcs but were afraid to ask' which might be helpful. I have it around here. They are all hash functions, with md5 being the best of the three. Checksums are nearly useless nowadays, check xmodem source for simple checksum code. CRC code is commonly available, and there is a rfc with md5 code in it I think, although i'm not possitive. : --- : Kevin J. Curry - Maxville Ontario Canada. : I DO NOT speak for my employeer - just me. : Work: curryk@tc.gc.ca Home: curryk@cnwl.igs.net : PGP Public Key @KeyServers - KeyID 55AF3BE5 : or Finger Home address.
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