On 13/06/2008, Stephen J. Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:14 PM, sebb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 13/06/2008, Stephen J. Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Sabarivasan Viswanathan > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I will be doing a simple POST request to download a large file (of the > order > >> > of a few tens of megabytes). > >> > > >> > In order to ensure that the file is not corrupted during transmission, > I > >> > want to do a checksum on the client and compare it with the server's. > >> > > > > > What checksum does the server provide? > > > Ha! Good question. I hear checksum and always think CRC. > > To make a preemptive comment, you can do the same thing with > DigestInputStream that I did with CheckedInputStream. I believe the > standard Inluded MessageDigestSpi includes MD5 and some versions of > SHA. >
All well and good. But what is the checksum to be compared against? i.e. how does the client get the expected checksum from the server? Perhaps the original poster can provide a bit more information on this. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
