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[Discuss] Crashplan is discontinued



Mike Small <smallm at sdf.org> writes:

> Mike Small <smallm at sdf.org> writes:
>
>> John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I've heard of tools using MD5 or SHA1 hashes to identify duplicates, and
>>> potential issues with hash collisions causing false positives.
>>
>> By accident or maliciously? The numbers seem off for accidental
>> collisions. An md5 sum is a 16 digit hex number. That gives
>
> Typo here. It's a 32 bit hex number.

Grrr, a 32 digit hex number. No more emailing for me tonight.

-- 
Mike Small
smallm at sdf.org



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