From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 17:42:19 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: rsync and md4
Message-ID: <199606290549.WAA16170@mail.pacifier.com>
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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