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add info about SHA256 and SHA512 signatures
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joergsteffens committed Aug 22, 2017
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\item [signature={\textless}SHA1{\textbar}MD5{\textgreater}] \hfill \\
\item [signature={\textless}MD5{\textbar}SHA1{\textbar}SHA256{\textbar}SHA512{\textgreater}] \hfill \\
\index[dir]{signature}%
\index[dir]{Directive!signature}%
It is strongly recommend to use signatures for your backups.
Note, only one type of signature can be computed per file.
\begin{description}
\item [signature=MD5] \hfill \\
\index[dir]{MD5}%
\index[dir]{signature!MD5}%
An MD5 signature will be computed for each files saved. Adding this
option generates about 5\% extra overhead for each file saved. In
addition to the additional CPU time, the MD5 signature adds 16 more
bytes per file to your catalog.
\item [signature=SHA1] \hfill \\
\index[dir]{signature}
\index[dir]{SHA1}
\index[dir]{Directive!signature}
An SHA1 signature will be computed for all The SHA1 algorithm is
\index[dir]{SHA1}%
\index[dir]{signature!SHA1}%
An SHA1 signature will be computed for each files saved.
The SHA1 algorithm is
purported to be some what slower than the MD5 algorithm, but at the same
time is significantly better from a cryptographic point of view (i.e.
much fewer collisions, much lower probability of being hacked.) It adds
four more bytes than the MD5 signature. We strongly recommend that
either this option or MD5 be specified as a default for all files.
Note, only one of the two options MD5 or SHA1 can be computed for any
file.
much fewer collisions).
The SHA1 signature requires adds 20 bytes per file to your catalog.
\item [signature=MD5] \hfill \\
\index[dir]{signature}
\index[dir]{MD5}
\index[dir]{Directive!signature}
An MD5 signature will be computed for all files saved. Adding this
option generates about 5\% extra overhead for each file saved. In
addition to the additional CPU time, the MD5 signature adds 16 more
bytes per file to your catalog. We strongly recommend that this option
or the SHA1 option be specified as a default for all files.
\item [signature=SHA256] \hfill \\
\index[dir]{SHA256}%
\index[dir]{signature!SHA256}%
\item [signature=SHA512] \hfill \\
\index[dir]{SHA512}%
\index[dir]{signature!SHA512}%
\end{description}
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