NODE a6e5c281Re: rsync and md4
jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>Sat, 29 Jun 1996 17:42:19 +0800
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
jimbell@pacifier.com