New version of Hasher

Formerly known as MD5 Hasher

An hash, or checksum, serves as a unique identifier of a piece of information; a block of text, a picture or a file. There are many different types of hash, but the three most common are MD5, SHA1 and SHA256. While the length of the hash is dependent on the hash type, a hash is usually represented as a collection of hexadecimal characters.

Many websites now publish the checksums of files available for download. Once the file has been downloaded, the checksum can be used to check that the download completed without errors and to confirm that the file has not been modified or corrupted in transit. On Linux and OS X systems, checking the hash of a downloaded file is easy using the OpenSSL library that is shipped with almost every release. On Windows, however, there is no built-in equivalent.

Hasher is a small utility for creating - you've guessed it - MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 hashes of files. Once installed, just right-click on any file and select Generate Hash or open the application and drag the file onto it.

Download: Hasher 1.1 - MSI - 864KB

MD5 Checksum: F43C8DB40A5C851092010148F47EB425
SHA1 Checksum: 016C1CE9E55D85C4672245725EA46AE03FA55D29
SHA256 Checksum: D5A31B62C75895DBDD149D857416F6829E5A823E1D8CA5FFDE1E270743472DB4

Requirements:

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Client Profile)

This entry was posted by DAN HALFORD on Wednesday, 8 June 2011 at 2:35 PM and is filed under md5, sha1, sha256, hash and checksum.