On 29.04.09 12:33, Tripple Moon wrote: >> Also what would be gained from a CRC based on the *binary*? >> Wouldn't that change according to the system that compiled it? > Yes it *will* chance depending on the compiled (source-)version and > architecture and compiler used. > But those variables are far less in quantity as the possible individual > modified versions.... It will not only change with architecture, exact versions of compiler and OS, and source code revision (think of all the people using the svn/git repo), but also with compiler options controlling optimization/code generation, ABI, statically vs. dynamically linked libs and probably a bunch of other. As you combine all these you create a huge amount of possible permutations. But it is anyway useless, because any client can upload any data it wants to and claim it is its own binary. BTW: Do you know, that there are independent implementations of Tor based on the official design documents? And that this is actually encouraged by the authors of Tor? BTW2: Your approach of locking out other implementations contradicts any idea of open source and inter-operability.
Regards, Dominik
