From 705416d1f698e80eccaaf8a2a22a850b420d159f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Zooko O'Whielacronx zooko@zooko.com" Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:37:35 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] pyfec: add mention of sha256sum to README darcs-hash:1e9c2546d83ccf5ea130d7623b2ba0fec6f0457b --- pyfec/README.txt | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/pyfec/README.txt b/pyfec/README.txt index e8523cf..237b006 100644 --- a/pyfec/README.txt +++ b/pyfec/README.txt @@ -80,10 +80,12 @@ The bin/ directory contains two Unix-style, command-line tools "fec" and Note: a Unix-style tool like "fec" does only one thing -- in this case erasure coding -- and leaves other tasks to other tools. Other Unix-style -tools that go well with "fec" include "GNU tar" for packaging up multiple -files and directories into one bundle, "rzip" for compression, and "GNU -Privacy Guard" for encryption. It is important to do things in order: first -package, then compress, then encrypt, then erasure code. +tools that go well with fec include "GNU tar" for archiving multiple files and +directories into one file, "rzip" for compression, "GNU Privacy Guard" for +encryption, and "sha256sum" for integrity. It is important to do things in +order: first archive, then compress, then either encrypt or sha256sum, then +erasure code. Note that if GNU Privacy Guard is used for privacy, then it will +also ensure integrity, so the use of sha256sum is unnecessary in that case. * Performance Measurements -- 2.45.2