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md5sum of files in two folders
I'm trying to compare all the files in two folders via an md5sum in one command. Some like the following (bash) in Debian:
$ cd ~/FOLDER1
$ md5sum ~/FOLDER2/* | md5sum -c -
The idea is that the ...
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Tool for getting a complete directory/file listing with complete, detailed information
Once in a while, I take a complete snapshot of my drives with a command like the following.
> for %i in (%drives_hd%) do @dir %i:\/s/a/o>>File_List.txt
This gives detailed information ...
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enabling LM hash in Windows 7
Is there any way to enable/convert an NTLM hash for a user account on Windows 7 to a LM hash? I know it's not secure, but I am trying to test something. Is it even possible?
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How to add hash to MS Word documents?
I'd like to add a SHA, or some other kind of a hash to a Word (for Windows) document.
Is there a good program / macro that would help me with that? Or some kind of a tutorial somewhere on the net? ...
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Custom Rule Sets in JohnTheRipper
I'm trying to create a custom rule set to do hash cracking. I have a SHA1 hash and a rule set that was enforced to create the password.
The password must be of the form,
6-8 characters
Every other ...
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File comparison program for Windows Server 2008 R2
I'm looking for a program I once heard of, but I can't remember its name. The program could generate hashes other programs and calculate the difference between two programs in percentages.
I vaguely ...
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How to download a file properly with a proper hash check? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
EXE file package repair
I'm trying to download the Oracle VM with Enterprise Linux and database tools from here.
It's an appliance that can be imported with VirtualBox ...
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Column for MD5/CRC32/SHA-1 in Windows Explorer [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Looking for MD5 utility that integrates to Windows
I'm looking for a smart way to view hashes of files, in order to quickly spot duplicates.
It can be either an MD5, ...
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MD5 and SHA1 checksum uses for downloading
I notice that when downloading a lot of open source tools (Eclipse, etc.) there are links for MD5 and SHA1 checksums, and didn't know what these were or what their purpose was.
I know these are ...
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Compute salt with known plaintext and hash?
I have the string that was used in a webapp with md5 hashing to come up with a hash. I also have the hash. But the md5 of the string doesn't match the hash, so I'm guessing there's a salt involved. Is ...
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Best Way to Archive Digital Photos and Avoid Duplicate File Names
This problem pertains to archiving of digital pictures taken from multiple cameras.
Answers here covered the general topic of the-mechanics-of-backups:
How do you archive digital photos and ...
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Is there a way to detect encryption used on a file?
I have a small file that is encrypted and I want to see if it is a encryption method that has been broken or cracked.
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Why is an internal table of PATH directories maintained?
I was looking for what rehash command does and found this:
The rehash command re-computes the
internal hash table of the contents of
directories listed in the path
environmental variable to ...
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Why does sha1sum act differently with the same input?
I'm trying to replicate the behavior of the sha1sum executable in some java code, however, in the process I've discovered that sha1sum appears to behave differently given the same input in two ...
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QR Codes for Files on Google Code
When you download files from Google Code now (example), in addition to the text version of the SHA1 hash, it includes a QR code of it.
The device that the file was downloaded to is the one that has ...
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What is the fastest MD5 sum calculator?
I tested the speed of md5sum on a few Ubuntu 8.04 servers
Pentium III 700 MHz: 52 MB/s
Atom 1.6 GHz, 32-bit: 119 MB/s
Core 2 (Yorkfield) 2.5GHz, 32-bit: 194 MB/s
Core 2 (Yorkfield) 2.5GHz, 64-bit: ...
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How to check for duplicate files?
I have an external hard drive on which I have backed up files several times. Some files were modified between backups, others were not. Some may have been renamed. Now I'm running out of space, and ...
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Where can I find hashes for Mozilla applications?
What is a reliable source for cryptographic hash values for Mozilla applications?
Update 1: the value from http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/latest/MD5SUMS, ...
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How do I recover the password of a RAR file on Mac OS X?
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.2 and have been handed a couple of old files that need to be extracted. Old backups or finances or bills I believe. They are RAR files, and password protected. Is there a way ...
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Recommend software: File checksum calculator
I'm looking for a light, fast hash/checksum calculator (eg. MD5, SHA1, etc.). I've been using HashCalc and it works fine enough, but I was wondering if there was something better. When downloading ...
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BASH: Hashing Multiple Files using a Script [closed]
Say I'm in a directory and I want to add a hash to each file in that directory and all sub-directories and add the hash into the filename.
ie:
filename.extension
to
filename.hashcode.extension
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How secure is it to use a password hash of a common English word as a WPA2 key?
I have a wireless router, and I want a difficult password that is still, in a way, easy to remember.
I came up with this idea to take the MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, or whatever hash of a common English ...
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Can you use OpenSSL to generate an md5 or sha hash on a directory of files?
I'm interested in storing an indicator of file / directory integrity between two archived copies of directories. It's around 1TB of data stored recursively on hard drives. Is there a way using ...
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md5: Why is my command-line hash different from online md5 hash results?
On Mac OSX Leopard PowerPC, if I do: echo "hello" | md5 on the command line, the result is: b1946ac92492d2347c6235b4d2611184But if I enter hello into one of the online md5 hash sites like ...
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Why is MD5 still used heavily?
MD5 seems to have well documented vulnerabilities and yet it remains widespread in its usage. Does anyone have any reasons for it remaining a viable option when other alternatives (e.g. SHA-2) seem to ...
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Which file system automatically stores hashes of files?
Which file system automatically computes and stores hashes of files and later checks them at access to detect corruption?
