The Fifth Circuit has handed down a fascinating computer search case in United States v. Reddick. Here's the question: If a private company runs a hash of a file and compares the hash to those of ...

In the past, we’ve talked about several free tools designed for calculating hashes and generating Checksum files. Most lack many features, and some have an ancient-looking user interface, which is ...

It is always important to verify whether the large file you downloaded is the file you expected to download or not. This is because files may change in some way from the original while downloading.

Hi all, what is the easiest way to verify a cd is the exact copy of another Cd down to each file?<BR><BR>For single files I use a neat program called Hashtab shell ...

The first time I heard about hash tables was after taking a compilers course during my BSc. The truth is, I was not able to understand and appreciate their usefulness fully back then. Now that I know ...

anyone know where the local password hash file is? i know OS X does not put it in /etc/shadow, its in /var, some where. i am looking for, really is what is the local, hash and crypto type. and as part ...