php_ssdeep Fuzzy Hashing Extension

From: Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:16:14 +0000
Subject: php_ssdeep Fuzzy Hashing Extension
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Hi, I have recently written my first extension to make use of the API exposed by the GPLv2 licensed ssdeep project (http://ssdeep.sourceforge.net/). My code is already published http://www.ohloh.net/p/php_ssdeep with the Git repo on GitHub: http://github.com/treffynnon/php_ssdeep ssdeep is a utility for creating and comparing context triggered piecewise hashes or "fuzzy hashes", which allows you to look for similarities between two pieces of information. Rather than being a hash like MD5 or SHA1 where it either matches or not, ssdeep creates hashes that can be used to work out a percentage match. This allows you to search for signatures in files or look for similar documents to prevent duplications (this is what I am using it for) as a couple of examples. Is this something that could be considered for inclusion in PECL? Thanks, Simon -- Simon Holywell http://www.simonholywell.com

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