From 459451de8b6760034dd4bf7a782b7875441254a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Batts Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:12:39 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] tarsum: add a big fat warning Signed-off-by: Vincent Batts --- pkg/tarsum/tarsum_spec.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/pkg/tarsum/tarsum_spec.md b/pkg/tarsum/tarsum_spec.md index 51e9537394..77927ee707 100644 --- a/pkg/tarsum/tarsum_spec.md +++ b/pkg/tarsum/tarsum_spec.md @@ -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