Thank very much, I understand now.
--Noah--
-----Original Message-----
From: William Lewis [mailto:wiml(_at_)omnigroup(_dot_)com]
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 5:19 PM
To: Salzman, Noah
Cc: ietf-open-pgp(_at_)imc(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: typo?
You wrote:
The generator constant in the code sample has a "1" that is
not in the
preceding text.
CRC polynomials are usually written without the leading term.
Whether the
constant in the code has the term is an implementation detail
--- for
example, if the CRC width is the same as the word width (e.g.
a CRC-32), it's
easier and faster not to write it that way.
I'd recommend
ftp://ftp.rocksoft.com/clients/rocksoft/papers/> crc_v3.txt as
an introduction to theoretical and practical
aspects of CRCs.