NODE 6442e3a2Re: True random numbers
frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)Sun, 18 Feb 1996 13:59:10 +0800
At 9:25 PM 2/17/96 -0400, Sandy Harris wrote:
>A possible exception: I wonder if the checksums on Ethernet or IP
>packets use a reasonably strong CRC algorithm.
The algorithm used with IP packets isn't even particulary good for error
detection. It was designed for easy computation on slow, narrow chips.
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