Re: rsync and md4

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