netdev - RE: [PATCH 1/2] iproute: Add magic cookie to route dump file

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:46:29 +0100
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Pavel Emelyanov" <xemul@...allels.com>,
	"Stephen Hemminger" <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linux Netdev List" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] iproute: Add magic cookie to route dump file

> In order to somehow verify that a blob contains route dump a
> 4-bytes magic is put at the head of the data and is checked
> on restore.

Wouldn't a hash/checksum be useful as well?
Especially if it uneditable data.

	David


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