A checksum is a string of characters which uniquely identifies afile, a digital fingerprint. Change even a few bytes of a file–forexample, by infecting it with a virus or replacing an old versionwith ...

When you download application installers and other files from the Internet, you may see a verification checksum associated with it. Here is how to use that number. Topher, an avid Mac user for the ...

Hi all, what is the easiest way to verify a cd is the exact copy of another Cd down to each file?<BR><BR>For single files I use a neat program called Hashtab shell ...

Since then, computer forensic analysts have come to use the term hashkeeper when they discuss ways of using the hash values of files to assist in forensic analysis. I will not attempt to explain or ...

Decades ago, I would have used fc to check a single file copy. Now I have 3TB on a linux server made up primarily of 10GB DV video files plus thousands of JPG's in nested folders. My backup will be ...

In my recent post about the handling of the security incident and compromised ISO image at Linux Mint, I said at the end that users should always verify the checksum of a downloaded image before ...