Merge pull request #15821 from vbatts/tarsum_warning

tarsum: add a big fat warning
2026-09-04 12:41:42 +00:00 · 2015-08-25 22:53:04 +02:00
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@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ This document describes the algorithms used in performing the TarSum checksum
 calculation on filesystem layers, the need for this method over existing
 methods, and the versioning of this calculation.

+## Warning
+
+This checksum algorithm is for best-effort comparison of file trees with fuzzy logic.
+
+This is _not_ a cryptographic attestation, and should not be considered secure.

 ## Introduction