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echo: locuser
to: Paul Edwards
from: Bob Lawrence
date: 1996-11-02 09:54:24
subject: Do it yourself Virus chec

BL> For memory CRC-32 gives odds of a million... you'd need a file
 BL> a million long to get an even-money chance of duplicating the
 BL> CRC with two files one-bit different. 

 PE> Nope. There is ZERO chance of a 1-bit error getting through
 PE> undetected. I *think* 3-bit errors are also zero chance. I
 PE> think 2-bit errors are 1 in a billion or two. BFN. Paul. 

  I bow to your superior knowledge.

Regards,
Bob
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