Sunday, December 29, 2019

For security reason, validate the integrity of downloaded files

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v7.8.2
SHA256 Digest

668e6c8a666c0cb91987985bf560bf587c4fb646523fe21d3fe85b7c7eeadd08 npp.7.8.2.Installer.exe

56ff0f152f5f84314cd995c65b567becb1ddf0f5a248d76b5e968e85d62e62a0 npp.7.8.2.Installer.x64.exe

C:\Temp>certutil -hashfile npp.7.8.2.installer.exe
SHA1 hash of npp.7.8.2.installer.exe:
8a9b270a7281384ad918c48d2a466b107f1bf395
CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.

C:\Temp>certutil -hashfile npp.7.8.2.installer.exe sha256
SHA256 hash of npp.7.8.2.installer.exe:
668e6c8a666c0cb91987985bf560bf587c4fb646523fe21d3fe85b7c7eeadd08
CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.

C:\Temp>certutil -hashfile npp.7.8.2.Installer.x64.exe sha256
SHA256 hash of npp.7.8.2.Installer.x64.exe:
56ff0f152f5f84314cd995c65b567becb1ddf0f5a248d76b5e968e85d62e62a0
CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.

Read more:
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/189000/how-to-verify-the-checksum-of-a-downloaded-file-pgp-sha-etc


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