Hashpipe – Pipe iff the hash matches

Re:Hashpipe – Pipe iff the hash matches by doomrobo on Friday April 03, 2015 @05:43PM (#9318767)

Loading everything into memory at once shouldn't be necessary to produce a hash of the entire input. All of the hash functions currently supported allow for incremental hashing. That means you can hash in blocks instead of all at once.

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Re:Hashpipe – Pipe iff the hash matches by unsoundInput on Friday April 03, 2015 @05:48PM (#9318797)

The input still needs to be cached for eventual output in case the hash matches I assume.

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Re:Hashpipe – Pipe iff the hash matches by stouset on Friday April 03, 2015 @07:43PM (#9319244)

More importantly, so nothing is output if the hash doesn't match.

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Re:Hashpipe – Pipe iff the hash matches by doomrobo on Friday April 03, 2015 @07:42PM (#9319242)

In that case, you could still cache if you want but at least you now have the option to manage your memory instead of always crashing with large input

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