Re: CARP for squid 1.2

From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 12:56:22 -0600 (MDT)

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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Dancer wrote:

> Alex Rousskov wrote:
> > Can we use MD5s instead of computing hash values from scratch?
> Tricky. MD5 is under ITAR export/import control. You have it, and we
> have it. But the USA and Canadian governments forbid us giving
> each-other additional copies. @whee. Despite the growing air of
> religious freedom in encryption circles, I would think carefully before
> including any of the MD hash sequences, much as they remain distinct in
> the Apache distributions. (or at least they used to. Not sure on the
> current state of art)

Hmm.. Squid already uses MD5 for cache (store entry) keys. Cache Digests hash
function is also based on MD5. What do you mean by "including MD hash
sequences"?

Almost scared,

Alex.

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