BSD checksum

The BSD checksum algorithm was a commonly used, legacy checksum algorithm. It has been implemented in old BSD and is also available through the sum command line utility. This algorithm is useless from a security perspective, and is weaker than the CRC-32 cksum for error detection.

BSD checksum

The BSD checksum algorithm was a commonly used, legacy checksum algorithm. It has been implemented in old BSD and is also available through the sum command line utility. This algorithm is useless from a security perspective, and is weaker than the CRC-32 cksum for error detection.