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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/qpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.hh | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.hh index b39b6a7a..7c943453 100644 --- a/include/qpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.hh +++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.hh @@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ class QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper // Subtype is a mime type such as "text/plain" QPDF_DLL std::string getSubtype(); - // Return the MD5 checksum as stored in the object as a binary - // string. This does not check consistency with the data. If not - // present, return an empty string. + // Return the checksum as stored in the object as a binary string. + // This does not check consistency with the data. If not present, + // return an empty string. The PDF spec specifies this as an MD5 + // checksum and notes that it is not to be used for security + // purposes since MD5 is known not to be secure. QPDF_DLL std::string getChecksum(); |