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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA