js-typed-array-sha1
Security and privacy
file checksum hashing
SHOW HN2011
js-typed-array-sha1
SHA1 Checksum Large Files with HTML5 Typed Arrays and Web Workers
antimatter15.github.com#sha1#checksum#html5 typed arrays#web workers#javascript hashing
How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Performance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool concept and good use of web workers
From 1 comment
Cool concept and a great usage of WebWorkers. I can see this being useful to verify the integrity of files uploaded via an HTML form - get the SHA1 client-side and verify it…
pygorex on HN
Nice looking and useful resource
From 1 comment
Wow, this is awesome. I prefer using a desktop program for multiple checking, but this is very nice looking. Thanks for the resource.
win7guru on HN
Objections
Far too slow for large files compared to native code
From 2 comments
Cool concept and a great usage of WebWorkers. I can see this being useful to verify the integrity of files uploaded via an HTML form - get the SHA1 client-side and verify it…
pygorex on HNI think this is a fair comparison and the truth (that many cannot swallow) is that Javascript is simply too slow for non-trivial computations. All these talks about Javascript…
HardyLeung on HN
JavaScript is too slow for non-trivial computation
From 1 comment
I think this is a fair comparison and the truth (that many cannot swallow) is that Javascript is simply too slow for non-trivial computations. All these talks about Javascript…
HardyLeung on HN
Requests
Native crypto APIs exposed to HTML5 JavaScript
From 1 comment
in IE they have a CAPI activex which allows javascript to call Win32 Crypto API. I think it would be cool if HTML5 could include something similar. You know, native speed md5,…
est on HN
Questions
What license does the project use?
From 1 comment
OK, this is pretty cool :-) If you don't mind my asking, what's the license on this, if I'd like to use this in one of my projects?
someone13 on HN
Why Firefox lacks async FileReader in workers
From 1 comment
In worker.js : //Firefox doesn't support FileReader inside WebWorkers I noticed that Firefox has FileReaderSync available only from Web Workers.…
deskamess on HN
Alternatives named
HashSum (Silverlight SHA-1 tool)
From 1 comment
I think this is a fair comparison and the truth (that many cannot swallow) is that Javascript is simply too slow for non-trivial computations. All these talks about Javascript…
HardyLeung on HN
Native openssl
From 1 comment
Cool concept and a great usage of WebWorkers. I can see this being useful to verify the integrity of files uploaded via an HTML form - get the SHA1 client-side and verify it…
pygorex on HN