On 7/31/07, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking for data validation, I find the CRC stage. But 16-bit checksums > are much in disrepute -- probably good enough for detecting noise, but > not sound cryptographically. (Heck, even the 128-bit MD5 is now suspect.) > Is better available somewhere? SHA-1? Or even the lowly MD5? Weakness > notwithstanding, MD5 has the advantage of being readily available on > other platforms.
Most certainly. The new "digest" stage has MD5 as well as SHA upto 512 bits. They got in the CMS Pipelines Runtime Library earlier this year. > For my testing, I would have liked a stage comparable to the Rexx C2X > function. Of course, it's easy to write, but has someone else already > invented that wheel? For simple stuff spec 1-* c2x should do. Or you may want my fmtdump stage http://rvdheij.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/fmtdump-displaying-data-in-hex-format/
