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From: trt@rti.rti.org (Thomas Truscott)
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Subject: Re: need POSIX cksum tables
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From:  Thomas Truscott <trt@rti.rti.org>

> 	i would hate to cause trouble but can anyone justify
> why cksum uses anything other than CRC-32 for its polynomial?

I critiqued the cksum manual page for Keith Bostic about a year ago,
suggested they use CRC-32,
and provided a general-purpose cksum program that could
use any polynomial (CRC-32 by default).
I thought it was nicely written and as fast as anything portable can be.
I guess it got dropped on the floor.
	Tom Truscott


Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 26