> I may have missed it. Why not use a non reversable checksum, say one
> of the many 64 or 128 bit versions of MD5, Snefru, etc?
Because that's not what's used on Intels.
Of course, if someone want's to talk to HJ and convince him to use
128 bit md5 crypt() in libc, you'd make a distributor who shall rename
nameless ( :-) ) very happy indeed...
Erik
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