MD5 (Message-Digest algorithm 5) is a 128-bits unidirecional hash algorithm.
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Looking for MD5 utility that integrates to Windows
Is there any small utility that integrates with the Windows shell and computes md5 of files on demand? I'm too lazy to launch the command line.
Olivier Lalonde
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Is there a built-in method for computing an SHA-1 or MD5 hash in Windows 7?
Is there a built-in method for computing an SHA-1 or MD5 hash in Windows 7?
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How can I verify that a 1TB file transferred correctly?
I frequently transfer VM images from hypervisors to an archive server for long term storage.
I transfer using netcat since it is faster than scp, rsync, ect..
hypervisor$ cat foo.box | nc 1234
archive$ nc -l -p 1234 > foo.box
When…
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How can I generate an MD5 sum for a folder on Windows?
There are several posts about generating MD5 sums for files and/or folders on various Windows platforms. However, none of these worked for me. I tried:
Windows CertUtil: CertUtil -hashfile myFileName MD5 returns "Access is denied" on all folders…
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Files with same content but with different md5sums when gzip'd?
I don't know why this is happening, but I upload some files to Amazon S3 then delete the sent files checking their md5sum both in Amazon and locally.
But recently I found this issue about the same content are generating two different…
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What tool can generate MD5 from the command-line?
Is there any tool that can automate by script to generate file MD5?
I used to use Cygwin but I am looking for another solution without having Cygwin installed.
Stan
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Get md5sum without file name?
I need to get the md5 sum of a file on AIX, but the md5sum program prints the sum followed by the name of the file.
How can I get the sum without the file name.
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Is there a tool that automatically downloads and compares md5sums?
What I want but can't find:
$ download -url http://download.com/me.zip -md5 http://download.com/me.md5
[================================================================>] 100%
md5check .... OK
$
But what I have to do with my current knowledge is…
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Is verifying a MD5 sum after copying 100GB of data safe?
I'm copying 100GB from a Windows 7 workstation to 2 external drives (if you have only one backup, then you have none). All files have a MD5 checksum. I've verified all MD5 checksums on the external disks after the copy, and they were all correct.
I…
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Can Robocopy ensure file integrity?
I am trying to copy a large file, around 10G size, over Internet using Robocopy, but I am a bit concerned about the file integrity. Can I just trust Robocopy to ensure file integrity or I need to calculate and verify the MD5 myself?
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Is there a way I can compute MD5 or SHA hashes on Windows and Linux without the need for a specific application?
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a built-in method for computing a sha1 or md5 hash in windows 7?
If I am running Windows 7 or a distribution of Linux how can I compute MD5 or SHA hashes without downloading a specific tool or application that can do…
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md5sum on large files
Context:
I have a large terabyte drive with various types of large media files, ISO image files, etc. I would like to verify its contents using md5sum on the first megabyte due to speed/performance.
You can create a sum like…
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How to create md5 hash via Arch Linux commandline?
In Arch Linux, how can I create a single md5 hash for a password using the command line? Of course, I am aware that there are secure password hashing algorithms available, which md5 is not, but this is just part of an experiment.
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Linux, is it necessary to to Md5sum when copying files to new directory on same hard drive?
I'm using an ubuntu server and the project I am working on has very strict requirements regarding making sure data is not corrupted. I can't seem to find a good answer on this, when doing a local copy of files to a new directory, is it necessary to…
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