Re: File Integrity Check

[Brian Denehy <b.denehy () securegate net>]

At 12:09 AM 8/19/99 , Bill_Royds () pch gc ca wrote:
> In asking the question about relative security of CRC and sum, I received a
> private reply from Brian Denehy of Securegate in Australia. He mentioned a
> cryptographic checksum algorithm called Haval. Searching for this I found 
> it at
> Monash University web site. This algorithm seems very useful for this purpose
> since it allows one to tailor the algorithm between security and speed. It
> allows either 3, 4 or 5 rounds of  hashing and 64, 128 or 256 bits of 
> resulting
> hashcode


I should have mentioned it to Bill before, but haval is also one of the 
hashes available in tripwire, should you need an alternative source.

Brian