Well, there are quite a lot of ways to do so. It often helps in detecting files that have been maliciously tampered or distorted during transfers/downloads. MD5 is one of the most common algorithms used to measure checksum of files. You must have encountered this term often while downloading large files from the internet. MD5 Checksums are helpful in verifying the integrity of the file and for knowing, whether or not your file is the same as source and not tampered with. This post shows how to calculate, check, verify
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