Re: Optimising the Rsync algorithm for speed by reverting to MD4 hashing

2010-08-04 Thread Mike Bombich
. > quicker) hashing algorithm. > > Regards, > > Andrew Marlow > > > > Internet > nick.mccar...@replify.com > Sent by: rsync-boun...@lists.samba.org > > 04/08/2010 09:46 > > To > rsync@lists.samba.org > cc > Subject > Optimisin

Re: Optimising the Rsync algorithm for speed by reverting to MD4 hashing

2010-08-04 Thread andrew . marlow
rew Marlow Internet nick.mccar...@replify.com Sent by: rsync-boun...@lists.samba.org 04/08/2010 09:46 To rsync@lists.samba.org cc Subject Optimising the Rsync algorithm for speed by reverting to MD4 hashing Hi, >From v3.0.0 onwards the hash function implemented by Rs

Optimising the Rsync algorithm for speed by reverting to MD4 hashing

2010-08-04 Thread Nick McCarthy
Hi, From v3.0.0 onwards the hash function implemented by Rsync was changed from MD4 to MD5 (http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.0-NEWS). My understanding is that MD5 is a more secure, slower version of MD4 but I am not convinced that the added security of MD5 would alone have merited