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maelgwai
maelgwai

Reputation: 31

Why sometime we see hashes such as md5 and sha256 when we download software?

I know that is md5 and sha256 are hashing and authenticating mechanism, but I wonder why when I want to download some softwares I## Heading ## found them in front of my face :/

For example: if you want to download php package you will see

php-7.0.4.tar.bz2 (sig) [13,698Kb]

md5: 0171201350941327399a5c3e678a86e5

sha256: a246c503709c189ba8e1e22ed2cb22abc27da43a997ff1b3318e181baf529dcc

Upvotes: 0

Views: 61

Answers (1)

zaph
zaph

Reputation: 112857

The hashes are provided so the after download you can perform the same hash on the download to insure you have the correct and non-corrupted version.

This may be important if you obtain the download from another source.

Upvotes: 1

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