Vernon Schryver
vjs@calcite.rhyolite.com
Wed Jan 7 15:50:43 UTC 2004
> From: "Errol U. Neal Jr." <errol.neal@enhtech.com> > ... > by creating a digital checksum of certain parts of an email message (I > think). However what I do not understand is what those parts are.. Can someone > enlighten me please. > ... > What does it mean that the checksums are "fuzzy" and which aspects of a > message are ignored. I actively discourage talk about how the DCC checksums work. There is no profit in giving aid and comfort to the enemy with public instruction. > > Also, I have DCC set to log messages that have a count of 5. The logging is > done in /var/dcc/log and here is a sample file: > ... > Fuz2: 25b5a631 fd7f65e1 158d66da 7ac02cc1 many > My question is are the "counts" made on the Body, Fuz1 and Fuz2? Is it a > total, ie Body+Fuz1+Fuz2 or which every scores 5? Secondly, what are the > Fuzz* checksums? I do not understand that question. However, If you will read the web pages, I think you will find that "MANY" amounts to millions and is larger than 5. Vernon Schryver vjs@rhyolite.com
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