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A comment on Hans Peter Luhn and the Birth of the Hashing Algorithm. Parent comment

Re:Hans Peter Luhn and the Birth of the Hashing Algorithm by kevinwang on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @10:57AM (#16274786)
Aren't checksum functions suitable hash functions though?
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Re:Hans Peter Luhn and the Birth of the Hashing Algorithm by kaoD on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:05PM (#16275361)
They are. I suspect GP is confused with cryptographic hash functions which are a strict subset.
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