Problem : I’m searching for any kernel-level mechanism that is pass-through and will change file hashes by either encrypting file […]
Tag: hashing
/etc/shadow in old format, where is salt stored?
Problem : In /etc/shadow I have entries such as admin:YtChlvAGYzva2:16318:0:99999:7:::. I know the original password and would like to generate […]
Getting Linux hashes from shadow file
Problem : I have an Ubuntu 12.04 VirtualBox machine in which some days ago I changed the password. Now when […]
Is there a tool like diff -r that compares a directory tree against a manifest file using hashes?
Problem : Here’s my situation. I have two cold-storage archive volumes that (should) contain identical sets of data. These volumes […]
What might be the source/logic behind the hash values used by “Unified Logging” system on macOS?
Problem : This question was inspired by another question and answer thread regarding false-positives on a Mac for an—apparently—PC only […]
Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier (fciv.exe) not working/error
QUESTION : I’m attempting to hash every file on my C: drive with fciv.exe c: -r -md5 -xml hashes.xml The […]
Why does my md5sum hash not match other md5s?
Problem : So for a school assignment we are working with hashes. However I’ve encountered a problem where my file.txt […]
shasum of a directory in macos
QUESTION : I’m writing a shell script that uses the shasum to check if the contents of a directory have […]
Alternative of arch_fast_hash in Linux kernel v3.19 and above
Problem : To find the hash value of a given buffer, I used arch_fast_hash function present in Linux kernel v3.16 […]
How to verify two copied files are exactly the same in Windows?
QUESTION : I’m doing a backup on my Samsung rv420 running Windows 7 Home Starter Edition. In order to do […]
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