From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 13:59:10 +0800
To: <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: True random numbers
Message-ID: <199602180459.UAA02275@netcom7.netcom.com>
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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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