Checksum Hash
(Free Web Tutorials)

by Michael Thomas

Checksum Hash values are used to validate files that you download, especially executable files.

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Free Web Tutorials

• Checksum Hash Information  - information on Checksum Hash for online tools or installed tools.

Checksum Hash Resources

• Wikipedia Checksum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum
• Wikipedia MD5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum
  The underlying MD5 algorithm is no longer deemed secure. 
  
• Wikipedia SHA-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha1sum
  SHA-1 through SHA-512
  
• Microsoft Tool (MD5 or SHA-1) - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/841290

Book Resources

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