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doc: Add chunker_polynomial

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This document gives a high-level overview of the design and repository layout of the restic backup program.
This document gives a high-level overview of the design and repository layout
of the restic backup program.
Repository Format
=================
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with, the computed MAC will not match the last 16 bytes of the data, and
restic exits with an error. Otherwise, the data is decrypted with the
encryption key derived from `scrypt`. This yields a JSON document which
contains the master signing and encryption keys for this repository, encoded in
Base64. The command `restic cat masterkey` can be used as follows to decrypt
and pretty-print the master key:
contains the master signing and encryption keys for this repository (encoded in
Base64) and the polynomial that is used for CDC. The command `restic cat
masterkey` can be used as follows to decrypt and pretty-print the master key:
$ restic -r /tmp/restic-repo cat masterkey
{
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"k": "evFWd9wWlndL9jc501268g==",
"r": "E9eEDnSJZgqwTOkDtOp+Dw=="
},
"encrypt": "UQCqa0lKZ94PygPxMRqkePTZnHRYh1k1pX2k2lM2v3Q="
"encrypt": "UQCqa0lKZ94PygPxMRqkePTZnHRYh1k1pX2k2lM2v3Q=",
"chunker_polynomial": "2f0797d9c2363f"
}
All data in the repository is encrypted and signed with these master keys with
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sub-directories and other entries. The data from each file is split into
variable length chunks cut at offsets defined by a sliding window of 64 byte.
The implementation uses Rabin Fingerprints for implementing this Content
Defined Chunking (CDC).
Defined Chunking (CDC). An irreducible polynomial is selected at random when a
repository is initialized.
Files smaller than 512 KiB are not split, chunks are of 512 KiB to 8 MiB in
size. The implementation aims for 1 MiB chunk size on average.