Re: message digest of large files
From: Kristian Gjøsteen (kristiag+news_at_item.ntnu.no)
Date: 08/17/05
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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:00:35 +0000 (UTC)
James Whitwell <jams@momento.com.au> wrote:
>We're trying to use message digests as a way to uniquely identify large
>binary files (around 50-60MB). Is there a limit to the size of the file
>that we feed through, say SHA1?
Yes, there is a limit, but I believe it is 2^64 bits or something
like that, so there is no need to worry. You should check the
relevant standard (FIPS 180-1).
-- Kristian Gjøsteen
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