Re: CRC was: Re: [HACKERS] beta testing version

[Nathan Myers]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 06:40:49PM +1100, Horst Herb wrote:
> > This may be implemented very fast (if someone points me where
> > I can find CRC func). And I could implement "physical log"
> > till next monday.
> 
> As the logging might include large data blocks, especially now that
> we can TOAST our data, I would strongly suggest to use strong hashes
> like RIPEMD or MD5 instead of CRC-32 and the like. 

Cryptographically-secure hashes are unnecessarily expensive to compute.
A simple 64-bit CRC would be of equal value, at much less expense.

Nathan Myers
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