Re: hash function over IP address

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"Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> writes:

> I'm trying to find a way create a hash value over multiple IP addresses (I 
> keep a list of IP addresses and its number is variable. The simplest method 
> I've found so far is (obviously not the most effective and collision free):

Why not use one of many available high-quality hash functions?
Three that come to mind without even going to a search engine:
Jenkins lookup3, murmurhash, FNV.
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Ben Pfaff 
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  Re: hash function over IP address Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-04-04 16:49 -0400
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  Re: hash function over IP address Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-04-04 14:40 -0700
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      Re: hash function over IP address blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-04-04 15:35 -0700
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