Questions tagged [hashing]
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What's a good way to encode a file name for caching a video thumbnail?
I'm writing a previewer script for lf using chafa to display preview images as sixels.
I'm writing the part of the script for previewing videos, and decided to just display the first frame of the ...
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Can I get the real CRC of RAR-compressed files?
In RAR5 archives, the CRCs of files seem to be hashed again with the modification time of the corresponding files (so the answer to this question doesn't work).
I EITHER need the real CRCs from the ...
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How to covert each password into their SHA256 hashes using a simple tool
Is there a tool to convert each password in a text file into sha256 hash without writing any program? I want to convert each password in "rockyou" password file into their SHA256 form line ...
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How to calculate hash value of a directory, is it possible?
I need to send someone a 10GB file that has inside several thousands of files.
I know that in Ubuntu you can use the next command in the terminal: md5sum <directory_name> and this returns a hash....
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Problem in using zip2john tool to take hash values
I have take a zip file from NFS port using sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.1.105/backup /tmp/kevgir .
After that, I got backup.tar.bz2.zip file in /tmp/kevgir directory. I crack the zip file using fcrackzip ...
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Is it safe to share a SHA-256 hash to check that a sensative number has been copied correctly? [closed]
Say I would like to receive a sensitive number from someone (e.g. bank account details). Would it be safe to share the number over the phone and then send an email with the SHA-256 hash of the number ...
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Is there a chance for two different files have same byte data?
I am using Node.js to read a file to bytedata (uint8array) and use SHA256 to hash the file’s bytedata like this:
ad505ee6067fba3f6fc20506d3379e190e087aeffe5d958ab9f2f3ed3800sa4f
I am wondering if it ...
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How do i delete everything after the last occurance of # in a name?
I've got many files, all start with the date in the year-month-day format, then the name, and then a #with a string of numbers after it. Examples -
2018-03-24 - file name one #458934
Now, I've ...
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How 7zip generates hash for multiple files?
I have a zero size file.
7-zip generates da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 for it. It's fine.
But if I select 2 zero size files, 7zip generates b47346ddbdd6961a64aa7edf2bc130205fb10f12 for them....
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Everytime we restart the Linux server it looks like the root gets a new password hash
The other day I was asked by a friend to change their forgotten root password of their Linux server.
I have done this procedure many times without a problem, but this time something strange happened ...
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How to generate MD5 hash with a salt in command line?
password: rose
salt: jack123
MD5 hash value: bf57b6634a951e3ee7ff2bbfb6206ec0
The above-given output was generated on a website (http://md5.my-addr.com/md5_salted_hash-md5_salt_hash_generator_tool.php)...
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How to use Argon2 with salt from binary file?
In the Linux program Argon2, we need to supply the salt in the command line. This limits the salt to be printable characters. How can we use a binary string as the salt?
# argon2 -h
Usage: argon2 [-...
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PowerShell script to compute partial MD4 checksums
I need a script that will read an input file and calculate MD4 checksums for each 9728000 bytes chunk, until the end of the file. I've done this previously by first extracting all 9728000 bytes chunks ...
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Is a file Overlay a security threat?
How do you tell if the "Overlay" found on some files when searching the hash checksum on VirusTotal poses any threat?
Would the Overlay be part of the signed file? Does the VT page ...
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How is the .sha256 file on the download page for Inkscape used as a checksum?
In Windows 10 I would like to download and install Inkscape 1.1.2, verifying the installation file first.
How do you view the contents of the .sha256 file (labeled 'sig' on the Inkscape download page) ...
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SHA1, SHA256 or MD5 hash of Windows 7 SP1 installation ISO [closed]
I know that Windows 7 is end-of-life, but for software testing and other reasons, I need to reinstall a Windows 7 from the original ISO.
I'm specifically looking for "Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit ...
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How can I hash/checksum any sequential download, without having to store the whole file locally?
How can I hash/checksum any sequential download, without having to store the whole file locally? It needs to work with any kind of sequential download, so "basic HTTP download" specific ...
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`openssl digest | head -c 10` gives strange results
I'm using salted hashes of some memorable words as login/pass for anonymous accounts and just now I've noticed that sometimes I get no result for my method and then I've discovered that it was not ...
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How to use scrypt or Argon for Openldap version < 2.4.5
I know that support for Argon2 was released with OpenLdap 2.4.5 according to this link https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8575, but what if I want to use it with a previous version like 2.4.4 ...
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Does a repeated download protect against file corruption?
Disclosed real issue:
I use a program called youtube-dl to download and archive videos from websites like YouTube and Twitch. To verify the integrity of the downloads, I download the same video twice ...
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Is downloading a media file twice and comparing their hash values enough to verify their integrity?
I often use youtube-dl to download videos. As far as I know, there is no data integrity verfication built in to youtube-dl, so what I do to verify that a video isn't corrupted in some way after ...
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For websites, is your password's hash computed on the client or the server side?
I was wondering if passwords' inputs are "converted" locally on the client/web browser side or on the server side.
I'm pretty sure it's on the server side, but in that case it brings a ...
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Comparing Files to a list of MD5 Hashes and getting a List as Result (where i can delete, copy, cut etc. the results)
I am searching for a solution for the following situation. I have a list of Hashes in a Text File and i want to find every File in a certain folder and subfolders that matches the Hashes from the Text ...
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How to create verifiable unique hashes to include in any text?
Is there a way to include a unique hash along with say any post I make on reddit or any other public forum such that it can be verified by anyone to make sure that the message was posted by me. This ...
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Why is there a “Hash Sum mismatch” when I switch to a bridged network connection with VMWare on macOS?
I'd prefer to run my virtual machine in a bridged configuration so that it appears as another machine on my network. However, when I switch from a NATed configuration to a Bridged connection I get &...
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Cant we use md5 like hash algorithms to store big data?
i've read a paper about how hash algorithms word in general and i saw one strange thing.
MD5 input length is unlimited and the output length are always the same
so isn't that mean you can turn any ...
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wrong hash pasted after copying on Windows 10
well i don't know how to explain it but always when i copy some hash from any hashin like base64 sha256 md5 etc even a txid of Bitcoin or Ethereum or Denarius my Windows 10 copy always paste wrong ...
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What can make unmounted volumes SHA512 hashes differ while mounted volumes content SHA512 hashes are identical?
I am trying to configure Raspberry Pi OS to be read-only.
In theory, both / and /boot are read-only. That being said, I am experiencing a strange discrepancy and can’t figure out what is happening.
I ...
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What kind of encoding is this (sha256 variant)?
I have some config files from the program ELOG where I want to change the password manually, using something like echo -n "newpassword" | sha256sum but the value is not the expected hexa. ...
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Comparing ISO image files in Windows 10 or MacOS
I have a number of CDs and DVDs (some RW and some not). Some of these disks contain simple files (such as .txt, .doc, etc) and others contain Dell system drivers, various Windows OS's and so on. I am ...
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Identify the hashing algorithm
I started working on a web scraping project and wanted to generate the URLs to be able to scrape the data. In my company's website, unique URL is by converting Listing ID to hash value of length "...
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Enable checksum on FileZilla server
How can I enable checksum on the FileZilla server? I want to compare files after downloading on my Android device via FluentFTP library.
The following checksum FTP commands are supported by this ...
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Enable MD5 or SHA1 hash functions in IIS
I have an IIS FTP server on my Windows 10. I am using a third party library FluentFTP to download a file.
This library has a function to compare two files. And I am trying to compare my downloaded ...
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MD5 Hex to Base64 String
When I generate an MD5 hash with a plain-text (password), I get:
$echo -n "password" | openssl dgst -md5 -binary | openssl enc -base64
X03MO1qnZdYdgyfeuILPmQ==
This works fine if I knew ...
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Git History object hash recalculation
I'm trying to write a git history rewriter that I have completed Pack file Reader and Writer(also IDX file too) already.
now I change a commit content and recalculate the hash of the new object and I ...
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OpenSSL 1.1.1f measure the speed of SHA3 series
In my Ubuntu OpenSSL 1.1.1f 31 Mar 2020 is installed. I can measure the SHA256 speed by
$ openssl speed sha256
Help list the following as message digest commands
Message Digest commands (see the `...
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customize output of command "openssl dgst -hmac"
I want to compute the HMAC of file A.txt and put it into file A_hmac.txt.
I use openss library, now I have:
openssl dgst -hmac "myHmacKey" -out A_hmac.txt A.txt
The output, inside A_hmac....
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Facing trouble in Configuring Tor to hash a new password in windows 10
I have tried and read various articles over the internet about hashing a new password for Tor.
My tor is installed in local disk D
I used the following commands in the command prompt
D:\softwares\tor\...
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How safe are Google's suggested passwords?
When I create a new account on any site, Google suggests a password under the option "Use suggested password". These passwords seem pretty strong but are hard to remember for a human.
It ...
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Encrypted RSA Private KEY - What is this?
I'm new on cryptography and I have so many trouble to understand a lot of things.
On my screen, I use Openssl to generate RSA private key and I use DES3 to encrypt this private key.
Then I type my ...
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Calculate KDF (just like a hash digest) such as PBKDF2 on command line? using openssl or otherwise
OpenSSL can be used to calculate a hash of a file or given input from the shell, like this:
echo -n "abc" | openssl dgst -sha256
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openssl dgst -sha256 myfile.txt
Can I also calculate a KDF ...
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What is the hash algorithm used by Google's mod_pagespeed? [closed]
Google's mod_pagespeed for Apache server produces the following url structure by appending an hash string:
...pagespeed.jc.bFZBaW2xkN.js
What is the hash algorithm used in this process?
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How to use b2sum in keyed mode?
Considering using Blake2 (perhaps b2sum) in conjunction to openssl dgst -sha512 -hmac $key but I don’t see an option to enable keyed mode.
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How can I read the contents of a crd file as plain text (i.e., recover my passwords)?
I lost all my passwords due to a dumb mistake I did yesterday. These passwords are really important. My computer has them saved under Windows credentials. However, I can't view passwords stored under ...
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Why do .sha256 hash files include asterisk before and after filenames?
I've seen .sha256 files for software such as:
this_is_a_fake_sha256_hash_of_64_characters file_name.exe
Or:
this_is_a_fake_sha256_hash_of_64_characters *file_name.exe
Or:
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Is the ".sha256" file format formally defined somewhere? How should it be parsed?
I see a bunch of FOSS projects which have ".sha256" files. They look something like this:
dsdfdfdsffdfsdfdsfdsfdsfdsfdsfds23r2ewrefdefdsfdsgfdsgffgfkgdfgg *meow.exe
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How do I crack a double encrypted Hash
I created a hash which is encrypted like this: $What_i_made=BCrypt(MD5(Plain Text Password)) and I wonder if it can be cracked. Currently, I thought of two ways:
Brute force $What_i_made to get the ...
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Looking for latest Blake2 b2sum.exe for Windows
I downloaded the b2sum file from blake2.net but it's from 2013 and doesn't seem to support the "compare" -c option. Several online references show several options which I cannot access with the ...
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Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier (fciv.exe) not working/error
I'm attempting to hash every file on my C:\ drive with
fciv.exe c:\ -r -md5 -xml hashes.xml
The xml file does not initially exist, but after the command is entered, the xml file is created. The ...
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What is the OpenSSL equivalent of this given C# hashing code?
I've got C# server code which verifies a hash using the following logic. I have no control over the server code and cannot change it.
string key = "xZBn34L4myg[...]cebvr7A==";
var hmacSha256 = new ...