OK.. didn't notice adler32 wasn't rolling... The reason I was asking is this: this is from the rsync code: /* a non-zero CHAR_OFFSET makes the rolling sum stronger, but is incompatible with older versions :-( */ #define CHAR_OFFSET 0
Anyone knows exactly what an ideal value for CHAR_OFFSET is? Cheers Julian 2009/9/24 Julian Pace Ross <li...@prisma.com.mt> > Hi, > I'm curious if anybody knows the exact reason why the weak checksum > calculation is slightly different to the standard adler-32 checksum as seen > for example here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adler-32 ? > > Thanks > Julian > >
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