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curious results from md5
when I do this on 9.1.2 or 9.2.3:
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
set client [IP::client_addr]
set clienthash [md5 [IP::client_addr]]
log "the client is: $client the c...
It was meant to be md5, it just needs/needed the output converted to a numeric value.
crc32 works pretty well as a hash if all you need is a yes/no (i.e. this does/doesn't match) answer. This iRule, though, needs to numerically compare different values (i.e. less than or greater than, not just is or isn't equal), and for that crc32 will give uneven distribution. md5 is the fastest primitive iRules currently has for getting evenly distributed hashes.
