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authorMike Buland <eichlan@xagasoft.com>2011-01-21 06:46:41 +0000
committerMike Buland <eichlan@xagasoft.com>2011-01-21 06:46:41 +0000
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@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ namespace Bu
18 * as it's output. It is strongly dependant on every byte in the input, 18 * as it's output. It is strongly dependant on every byte in the input,
19 * which means that it's a good choice for adding to short messages to 19 * which means that it's a good choice for adding to short messages to
20 * ensure that the contents of the messages are unchanged. 20 * ensure that the contents of the messages are unchanged.
21 *
22 * Pearson hash is named for it's inventor Peter K. Pearson who described
23 * it in his article "Fast hashing of variable-length text strings"
24 * published in 1990 by ACM. I haven't read it, because you have to pay to
25 * get a copy :-P
21 */ 26 */
22 class PearsonHash : public Bu::CryptoHash 27 class PearsonHash : public Bu::CryptoHash
23 { 28 {