NORMAL by default was FIPSR + sha512. Well, my study was cut short when I saw how much faster md5 was! All from the same box, 450k files, 6TB total, time in minutes:
NORMAL = 902 sha512 = 416 md5 = 280 md5 is plenty fast and appears to do what I need, Richard many thanks for the help. Andy On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Richard van den Berg <[email protected]>wrote: > > I'm currently running a complete test on two different machines, on each > of the following: > > > > NORMAL > > sha256 > > sha512 > > md5 > > > > Do you happen to know, are all of the above capable of detecting corrupt > files or single bit flips? I would imagine md5 would be the quickest, but > is it enough protection? I'm not trying to keep the NSA out, ha ha. > > What is your NORMAL macro defined as? It probably has several hashes as > well. One hash is really enough for what you need. Even md5 will do. There > are known collisions for md5 but they are not going to happen by accident. > > > Kind regards, > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > Aide mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/aide > -- projecthuh.com Never underestimate the carelessness of boredom... Most people prefer Windows because most people are idiots...
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