8 Jun
2010
8 Jun
'10
7:30 a.m.
It's a checksum, just like MD5,
Yes, it's a checksum, just like MD5, but it is not a cryptographic algorithm like MD5. MD5 is in Crypto because it is a cryptographic algorithm, not because it is a checksum. And CRC should not be in Crypto not because it is not a checksum, but because it is not a cryptographic algorithm. The reason that CRC is not a cryptographic algorithm is that _unlike_ MD5, it can only find accedental changes of the data, not malicious ones.