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From: Jerry Van Baren <gerald.vanbaren@smiths-aerospace.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:02:52 -0400
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] crc32 and md5sum
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Antonio Di Bacco wrote:
> Anyone knows if crc32 and md5sum give the same result? Which is better?
> In the u-boot only crc32 is used.
> 
> Bye,
> Antonio.

a) No.
b) Quantify "better".  More secure: md5.  Faster (probably): crc32. 
Smaller: crc32.

gvb