> You are partly right. For a checksum CRC would be best. Fast and > simple, as its meant as checksum, not as a hash. You misunderstand something. Every checksum is also a hash (a mapping to another domain), and cryptographic hash functions always produce checksums. > So possibly we should get our point of view into the direction that > those hashes are not checksums, but rather integrity checks. This is wrong. Checksum checks *are* integrity checks. That's what they are. I think you should read up on some terminology because either you misunderstand something very basic, or you confuse others by using words differently from everyone else. Cheers, Bennett -- GPG fingerprint: 871F 1047 7DB3 DDED 5FC4 47B2 26C7 E577 EF96 7808
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