Re: Crypto.CRC

[Marcus Comstedt (ACROSS) (Hail Ilpalazzo!) @ Pike (-) developers forum]

>It's a checksum, just like MD5,

Yes, it's a checksum, just like MD5, but it is not a cryptographic
algorithm like MD5.  MD5 is in Crypto because it is a cryptographic
algorithm, not because it is a checksum.  And CRC should not be in
Crypto not because it is not a checksum, but because it is not a
cryptographic algorithm.  The reason that CRC is not a cryptographic
algorithm is that _unlike_ MD5, it can only find accedental changes of
the data, not malicious ones.