PageRank Checksum Algorithm Cracked (Again)

Sep 16, 2004 - 10:33 am 0 by

Google started deploying a new toolbar update with an updated PageRank checksum algorithm (see this entry), but it didn't take them long to crack the new algorithm this time around (Google hasn't even shut off the old algorithm yet).

The PHP source code is available here, or you can blah, blah about it over here.

 

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