Re: [dev] [sbase] [patch v3] Add md5sum

From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz_AT_port70.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 13:16:35 +0200

* Robert Ransom <rransom.8774_AT_gmail.com> [2013-07-03 10:26:03 +0000]:
> On 7/3/13, Galos, David <galosd83_AT_students.rowan.edu> wrote:
> >> Added LICENSE.lpl as well and updated the license and copyright details
> >> for
> >> the md5 code.
> >
> > I am considering applying this patch. The license is why I have to take
> > time to think. I'm worried about setting a precedent which allows external
> > differently-licensed software to be swept into sbase. It is clean code,
> > which is a large part of why I am considering it.
>
> Why not use the public-domain MD5 implementation from libtomcrypt?
>

here is a cleaned up version

http://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/crypt/crypt_md5.c

the libtomcrypt version has gratuitous optimizations
ifdef configurations and useless failure modes
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