Patch by Jim Ahlstrom to add crc32, a useful checksum function
(e.g. used for ZIP files).

The patch includes code that says:
+  Copyright (C) 1986 Gary S. Brown.  You may use this program, or
+  code or tables extracted from it, as desired without restriction.

My interpretation (and Jim's) is that Gary S Brown has no claims under
copyright, patent or other rights or interests.  Lawyers might disagree.
diff --git a/Modules/binascii.c b/Modules/binascii.c
index fef4428..55f08bf 100644
--- a/Modules/binascii.c
+++ b/Modules/binascii.c
@@ -772,6 +772,146 @@
 	return Py_BuildValue("i", crc);
 }
 
+static char doc_crc32[] =
+"(data, oldcrc = 0) -> newcrc. Compute CRC-32 incrementally";
+
+/*  Crc - 32 BIT ANSI X3.66 CRC checksum files
+    Also known as: ISO 3307
+**********************************************************************|
+*                                                                    *|
+* Demonstration program to compute the 32-bit CRC used as the frame  *|
+* check sequence in ADCCP (ANSI X3.66, also known as FIPS PUB 71     *|
+* and FED-STD-1003, the U.S. versions of CCITT's X.25 link-level     *|
+* protocol).  The 32-bit FCS was added via the Federal Register,     *|
+* 1 June 1982, p.23798.  I presume but don't know for certain that   *|
+* this polynomial is or will be included in CCITT V.41, which        *|
+* defines the 16-bit CRC (often called CRC-CCITT) polynomial.  FIPS  *|
+* PUB 78 says that the 32-bit FCS reduces otherwise undetected       *|
+* errors by a factor of 10^-5 over 16-bit FCS.                       *|
+*                                                                    *|
+**********************************************************************|
+
+ Copyright (C) 1986 Gary S. Brown.  You may use this program, or
+ code or tables extracted from it, as desired without restriction.
+ 
+ First, the polynomial itself and its table of feedback terms.  The  
+ polynomial is                                                       
+ X^32+X^26+X^23+X^22+X^16+X^12+X^11+X^10+X^8+X^7+X^5+X^4+X^2+X^1+X^0 
+ Note that we take it "backwards" and put the highest-order term in  
+ the lowest-order bit.  The X^32 term is "implied"; the LSB is the   
+ X^31 term, etc.  The X^0 term (usually shown as "+1") results in    
+ the MSB being 1.                                                    
+
+ Note that the usual hardware shift register implementation, which   
+ is what we're using (we're merely optimizing it by doing eight-bit  
+ chunks at a time) shifts bits into the lowest-order term.  In our   
+ implementation, that means shifting towards the right.  Why do we   
+ do it this way?  Because the calculated CRC must be transmitted in  
+ order from highest-order term to lowest-order term.  UARTs transmit 
+ characters in order from LSB to MSB.  By storing the CRC this way,  
+ we hand it to the UART in the order low-byte to high-byte; the UART 
+ sends each low-bit to hight-bit; and the result is transmission bit 
+ by bit from highest- to lowest-order term without requiring any bit 
+ shuffling on our part.  Reception works similarly.                  
+
+ The feedback terms table consists of 256, 32-bit entries.  Notes:   
+                                                                     
+  1. The table can be generated at runtime if desired; code to do so 
+     is shown later.  It might not be obvious, but the feedback      
+     terms simply represent the results of eight shift/xor opera-    
+     tions for all combinations of data and CRC register values.     
+                                                                     
+  2. The CRC accumulation logic is the same for all CRC polynomials, 
+     be they sixteen or thirty-two bits wide.  You simply choose the 
+     appropriate table.  Alternatively, because the table can be     
+     generated at runtime, you can start by generating the table for 
+     the polynomial in question and use exactly the same "updcrc",   
+     if your application needn't simultaneously handle two CRC       
+     polynomials.  (Note, however, that XMODEM is strange.)          
+                                                                     
+  3. For 16-bit CRCs, the table entries need be only 16 bits wide;   
+     of course, 32-bit entries work OK if the high 16 bits are zero. 
+                                                                     
+  4. The values must be right-shifted by eight bits by the "updcrc"  
+     logic; the shift must be unsigned (bring in zeroes).  On some   
+     hardware you could probably optimize the shift in assembler by  
+     using byte-swap instructions.                                   
+********************************************************************/
+
+static unsigned long crc_32_tab[256] = {
+0x00000000UL, 0x77073096UL, 0xee0e612cUL, 0x990951baUL, 0x076dc419UL,
+0x706af48fUL, 0xe963a535UL, 0x9e6495a3UL, 0x0edb8832UL, 0x79dcb8a4UL,
+0xe0d5e91eUL, 0x97d2d988UL, 0x09b64c2bUL, 0x7eb17cbdUL, 0xe7b82d07UL,
+0x90bf1d91UL, 0x1db71064UL, 0x6ab020f2UL, 0xf3b97148UL, 0x84be41deUL,
+0x1adad47dUL, 0x6ddde4ebUL, 0xf4d4b551UL, 0x83d385c7UL, 0x136c9856UL,
+0x646ba8c0UL, 0xfd62f97aUL, 0x8a65c9ecUL, 0x14015c4fUL, 0x63066cd9UL,
+0xfa0f3d63UL, 0x8d080df5UL, 0x3b6e20c8UL, 0x4c69105eUL, 0xd56041e4UL,
+0xa2677172UL, 0x3c03e4d1UL, 0x4b04d447UL, 0xd20d85fdUL, 0xa50ab56bUL,
+0x35b5a8faUL, 0x42b2986cUL, 0xdbbbc9d6UL, 0xacbcf940UL, 0x32d86ce3UL,
+0x45df5c75UL, 0xdcd60dcfUL, 0xabd13d59UL, 0x26d930acUL, 0x51de003aUL,
+0xc8d75180UL, 0xbfd06116UL, 0x21b4f4b5UL, 0x56b3c423UL, 0xcfba9599UL,
+0xb8bda50fUL, 0x2802b89eUL, 0x5f058808UL, 0xc60cd9b2UL, 0xb10be924UL,
+0x2f6f7c87UL, 0x58684c11UL, 0xc1611dabUL, 0xb6662d3dUL, 0x76dc4190UL,
+0x01db7106UL, 0x98d220bcUL, 0xefd5102aUL, 0x71b18589UL, 0x06b6b51fUL,
+0x9fbfe4a5UL, 0xe8b8d433UL, 0x7807c9a2UL, 0x0f00f934UL, 0x9609a88eUL,
+0xe10e9818UL, 0x7f6a0dbbUL, 0x086d3d2dUL, 0x91646c97UL, 0xe6635c01UL,
+0x6b6b51f4UL, 0x1c6c6162UL, 0x856530d8UL, 0xf262004eUL, 0x6c0695edUL,
+0x1b01a57bUL, 0x8208f4c1UL, 0xf50fc457UL, 0x65b0d9c6UL, 0x12b7e950UL,
+0x8bbeb8eaUL, 0xfcb9887cUL, 0x62dd1ddfUL, 0x15da2d49UL, 0x8cd37cf3UL,
+0xfbd44c65UL, 0x4db26158UL, 0x3ab551ceUL, 0xa3bc0074UL, 0xd4bb30e2UL,
+0x4adfa541UL, 0x3dd895d7UL, 0xa4d1c46dUL, 0xd3d6f4fbUL, 0x4369e96aUL,
+0x346ed9fcUL, 0xad678846UL, 0xda60b8d0UL, 0x44042d73UL, 0x33031de5UL,
+0xaa0a4c5fUL, 0xdd0d7cc9UL, 0x5005713cUL, 0x270241aaUL, 0xbe0b1010UL,
+0xc90c2086UL, 0x5768b525UL, 0x206f85b3UL, 0xb966d409UL, 0xce61e49fUL,
+0x5edef90eUL, 0x29d9c998UL, 0xb0d09822UL, 0xc7d7a8b4UL, 0x59b33d17UL,
+0x2eb40d81UL, 0xb7bd5c3bUL, 0xc0ba6cadUL, 0xedb88320UL, 0x9abfb3b6UL,
+0x03b6e20cUL, 0x74b1d29aUL, 0xead54739UL, 0x9dd277afUL, 0x04db2615UL,
+0x73dc1683UL, 0xe3630b12UL, 0x94643b84UL, 0x0d6d6a3eUL, 0x7a6a5aa8UL,
+0xe40ecf0bUL, 0x9309ff9dUL, 0x0a00ae27UL, 0x7d079eb1UL, 0xf00f9344UL,
+0x8708a3d2UL, 0x1e01f268UL, 0x6906c2feUL, 0xf762575dUL, 0x806567cbUL,
+0x196c3671UL, 0x6e6b06e7UL, 0xfed41b76UL, 0x89d32be0UL, 0x10da7a5aUL,
+0x67dd4accUL, 0xf9b9df6fUL, 0x8ebeeff9UL, 0x17b7be43UL, 0x60b08ed5UL,
+0xd6d6a3e8UL, 0xa1d1937eUL, 0x38d8c2c4UL, 0x4fdff252UL, 0xd1bb67f1UL,
+0xa6bc5767UL, 0x3fb506ddUL, 0x48b2364bUL, 0xd80d2bdaUL, 0xaf0a1b4cUL,
+0x36034af6UL, 0x41047a60UL, 0xdf60efc3UL, 0xa867df55UL, 0x316e8eefUL,
+0x4669be79UL, 0xcb61b38cUL, 0xbc66831aUL, 0x256fd2a0UL, 0x5268e236UL,
+0xcc0c7795UL, 0xbb0b4703UL, 0x220216b9UL, 0x5505262fUL, 0xc5ba3bbeUL,
+0xb2bd0b28UL, 0x2bb45a92UL, 0x5cb36a04UL, 0xc2d7ffa7UL, 0xb5d0cf31UL,
+0x2cd99e8bUL, 0x5bdeae1dUL, 0x9b64c2b0UL, 0xec63f226UL, 0x756aa39cUL,
+0x026d930aUL, 0x9c0906a9UL, 0xeb0e363fUL, 0x72076785UL, 0x05005713UL,
+0x95bf4a82UL, 0xe2b87a14UL, 0x7bb12baeUL, 0x0cb61b38UL, 0x92d28e9bUL,
+0xe5d5be0dUL, 0x7cdcefb7UL, 0x0bdbdf21UL, 0x86d3d2d4UL, 0xf1d4e242UL,
+0x68ddb3f8UL, 0x1fda836eUL, 0x81be16cdUL, 0xf6b9265bUL, 0x6fb077e1UL,
+0x18b74777UL, 0x88085ae6UL, 0xff0f6a70UL, 0x66063bcaUL, 0x11010b5cUL,
+0x8f659effUL, 0xf862ae69UL, 0x616bffd3UL, 0x166ccf45UL, 0xa00ae278UL,
+0xd70dd2eeUL, 0x4e048354UL, 0x3903b3c2UL, 0xa7672661UL, 0xd06016f7UL,
+0x4969474dUL, 0x3e6e77dbUL, 0xaed16a4aUL, 0xd9d65adcUL, 0x40df0b66UL,
+0x37d83bf0UL, 0xa9bcae53UL, 0xdebb9ec5UL, 0x47b2cf7fUL, 0x30b5ffe9UL,
+0xbdbdf21cUL, 0xcabac28aUL, 0x53b39330UL, 0x24b4a3a6UL, 0xbad03605UL,
+0xcdd70693UL, 0x54de5729UL, 0x23d967bfUL, 0xb3667a2eUL, 0xc4614ab8UL,
+0x5d681b02UL, 0x2a6f2b94UL, 0xb40bbe37UL, 0xc30c8ea1UL, 0x5a05df1bUL,
+0x2d02ef8dUL
+};
+
+static PyObject *
+binascii_crc32(self, args)
+	PyObject *self;
+	PyObject *args;
+{ /* By Jim Ahlstrom; All rights transferred to CNRI */
+	unsigned char *bin_data;
+	unsigned long crc = 0UL;	/* initial value of CRC */
+	int len;
+	
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#|l", &bin_data, &len, &crc) )
+		return NULL;
+
+	crc = crc ^ 0xFFFFFFFFUL;
+	while(len--)
+		crc = crc_32_tab[(crc ^ *bin_data++) & 0xffUL] ^ (crc >> 8);
+		/* Note:  (crc >> 8) MUST zero fill on left */
+	return Py_BuildValue("l", crc ^ 0xFFFFFFFFUL);
+}
+
 /* List of functions defined in the module */
 
 static struct PyMethodDef binascii_module_methods[] = {
@@ -788,6 +928,7 @@
 	{"rledecode_hqx",	binascii_rledecode_hqx,	1,
 	 doc_rledecode_hqx},
 	{"crc_hqx",		binascii_crc_hqx,	1,	doc_crc_hqx},
+	{"crc32",		binascii_crc32,		1,	doc_crc32},
 	{NULL,			NULL}		/* sentinel */
 };