vul_checksum.h File Reference

Contains function for calculating checksum. More...

#include <vxl_config.h>

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Functions
template<class IT >
vxl_uint_32	vul_checksum_crc32c (IT begin, IT end)
	Caluclate the recommended CRC32C checksum. More...
template<class IT >
vxl_uint_32	vul_checksum_crc32 (IT begin, IT end)
	Caluclate the popular CRC32 checksum as used by SATA, MPEG-2, PKZIP, Gzip, Bzip2. More...

Detailed Description

Contains function for calculating checksum.

Author

Ian Scott, Imorphics.

Definition in file vul_checksum.h.

Function Documentation

vul_checksum_crc32()

template<class IT >

vxl_uint_32 vul_checksum_crc32	(	IT	begin,
		IT	end
	)

Caluclate the popular CRC32 checksum as used by SATA, MPEG-2, PKZIP, Gzip, Bzip2.

Parameters

begin,end

The sequence of chars to be checksummed.

Note

that this checksum is not cryptographically secure - it is easy to find collisions with the original data.

Definition at line 113 of file vul_checksum.h.

vul_checksum_crc32c()

template<class IT >

vxl_uint_32 vul_checksum_crc32c	(	IT	begin,
		IT	end
	)

Caluclate the recommended CRC32C checksum.

As used by iSCSI, Btrfs, ext4.

Parameters

begin,end

The sequence of chars to be checksummed.

Note

that this checksum is not cryptographically secure - it is easy to find collisions with the original data.

Definition at line 107 of file vul_checksum.h.