Re: [ARSCLIST] Hard disk drives and DAT

[John Spencer <js@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is also a pretty good source of information about md5 here  
(including some JavaScript implementations):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5

John

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On Mar 27, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Casey, Michael T wrote:

> Richard and Kevin,
>
> We generate MD5 hashes with our own Java code that is part of the
> technical metadata collection tool developed durng the Sound  
> Directions
> project. We have also used, and still use for verification, a program
> called FastSum. http://www.fastsum.com/
>
> Mike
>
>
> ----------
> Mike Casey
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> Archives of Traditional Music
> Indiana University
>
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>
> At 08:20 AM 2007-03-27, you wrote:
> > Richard,
> >
> > What are you using to generate your MD5 checksums?
>
> Hi, Kevin,
>
> I'm describing work in process. One of the To Do items is to evaluate
> different MD5 generators. IU has selected one which appears
> interesting, but I don't have my notes nearby and am swamped at the
> moment.
>
> D-Space is written in Java and apparently implements its MD5 hash
> within its own code.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
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