Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 18:57:29 -0700 (MST) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com> To: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more general checksum command, replacing md5? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971028185709.22638A-100000@roguetrader.com> In-Reply-To: <199710290116.CAA07555@ocean.campus.luth.se>
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On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Mikael Karpberg wrote: > According to Brandon Gillespie: > > Just curious, with the inclusion of SHS hashing in crypt(), would anybody > > consider a generalized checksum command? It wouldn't be too hard to make > > a general 'cs' or 'checksum' command that accepts arguments to determine > > the algorithm being used... ala: > > Er... Why not, in that case, just add those options to the chsum program? Because the checksum program is 'md5' > Having more then one general checksum program seems to be overdoing it. my point exactly.
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