I've read a number of threads (like http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...&highlight=crc and http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...&highlight=crc) and would like to know where things currently stand. There seem to be so many threads on this that it's difficult to find anything definitive.

CRC, MD5, SHA1, HUGE -- what's being used currently (I'm on LW v4.8.1 which is the latest code as of this post)? Is it all transparent to the end-user or is there a way I can spot common files hidden via renaming by spammers?

Thanks,

ThePowerTool

4.8.1 is current (though a beta is expected out shortly) and uses SHA-1 and THEX.

Definitive answers are hard to come by, since the project is quite dynamic and answers are thus changing as the code improves.

If you can read code, http://limewire.org/fisheye/changelog/limecvs/ is a good way to keep up with the changes.

The gnutella developers try to maintain the documentation at http://www.the-gdf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

As for spotting those files, there are initial attempts to develop filters which I hope make it into the beta.

Another keyword to search for is "credence"

Stief,

That's exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks!

ThePowerTool