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Suncatcher
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MD5 calculation
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November 08, 2016, 18:19:34 »
Does
Create MD5 checksums file
in
File Checksum
menu use filename-dependent hash-function?
I tried it on technically similar files (which have different names) and it calculated different checksums for them.
I assume, MD5 should behave other way.
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Mathias (Author)
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Re: MD5 calculation
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November 08, 2016, 18:26:07 »
Filename make no difference. the hash is built on the file content.
It is used to verify that files are identical and have not changed.
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Suncatcher
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Re: MD5 calculation
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Reply #2 on:
November 08, 2016, 19:10:17 »
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Filename make no difference
However, I get contradictory statements about this in the web. They say
it depends on the MD5 implementation
, and which implementation is used by MC?
I also tried CertUtil command utility by MS and it also gave me different checksums.
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Mathias (Author)
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Re: MD5 calculation
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November 08, 2016, 22:15:09 »
No. The hash is built on the content.. The filename does not matter. it is not used when calculating the hash.
MD5 is just an algorithm to calculate a hash. checksum files are using it for matching content.
You can calculate the hash of the filename if you want. But it is pointless for checksum files
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Suncatcher
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Re: MD5 calculation
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November 09, 2016, 13:45:19 »
Yeah, that's it. Some of the contents were different.
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