Re: [HACKERS] CRC, hash & Co.

2000-12-12 Thread Horst Herb
On Sunday 10 December 2000 17:35, you wrote: > > 1.) A CRC is _not_ stronger than a hash. CRC is a subset of the hash > > domain, defined as "a fast error-check hash based on mod 2 polynomial > > operations" which has typically no crypto strength (and does not need it > > either for most purposes

Fwd: Re: [HACKERS] CRC, hash & Co.

2000-12-11 Thread Horst Herb
Sorry, but I just found out that many of my mails bounced because I was using my secondary email address =8-0 -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [HACKERS] CRC, hash & Co. Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 07:13:31 +1100 From: Horst Herb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [HACKERS] CRC, hash & Co.

2000-12-09 Thread Bruce Guenter
On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 01:58:29PM +1100, Horst Herb wrote: > There have been some misconceptions in previous mails. > > 1.) A CRC is _not_ stronger than a hash. CRC is a subset of the hash domain, > defined as "a fast error-check hash based on mod 2 polynomial operations" > which has typically n

[HACKERS] CRC, hash & Co.

2000-12-08 Thread Horst Herb
There have been some misconceptions in previous mails. 1.) A CRC is _not_ stronger than a hash. CRC is a subset of the hash domain, defined as "a fast error-check hash based on mod 2 polynomial operations" which has typically no crypto strength (and does not need it either for most purposes). 2.