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Article #381Re: How good is CRC-32 at burst error detection?
From: G. Mussar
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 1990 22:02
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 1990 22:02
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In article <JTKOHL.90Dec3115033@quicksilver.MIT.EDU> jtkohl@MIT.EDU (John T Kohl) writes: >I'm considering using CRC-32 to checksum the contents of an encryption, >and some literature suggests that such a checksum needs to be good at >burst error detection. > A 32 bit CRC should be able to detect all burst errors affecting up to 32 bits (ie. the distance from the 1 bit in error to the last bit in error is 32 bits). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Mussar |Bitnet: mussar@bnr.ca | Phone: (613) 763-4937 BNR Ltd. | UUCP: ..uunet!bnrgate!bcars53!mussar | FAX: (613) 763-2626
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Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!bigsur!bcars53!mussar From: mussar@bcars53.uucp (G. Mussar) Subject: Re: How good is CRC-32 at burst error detection? Message-ID: <1990Dec3.220251.24584@bigsur.uucp> Sender: news@bigsur.uucp Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada References: <JTKOHL.90Dec3115033@quicksilver.MIT.EDU> Distribution: na Date: Mon, 3 Dec 90 22:02:51 GMT