Re:BackTrack successor Kali Linux launched
by tripzilch on Thursday March 14, 2013 @05:43AM
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did the same, also got a mismatch.
then I realized, that the hash in the txtfile is also longer than the md5 sum, and facepalmed a little. with 40 hexdigits long, makes 160 bits, so it's probably SHA1.
(crunch, crunch) ... and it matches. would've been nice if they'd mentioned which algorithm they used so I didn't have to digest a 2GB file twice. we can't be the only people that don't immediately eyeball the difference between a 32 and 40 digit random hex code :)
then I realized, that the hash in the txtfile is also longer than the md5 sum, and facepalmed a little. with 40 hexdigits long, makes 160 bits, so it's probably SHA1.
(crunch, crunch) ... and it matches. would've been nice if they'd mentioned which algorithm they used so I didn't have to digest a 2GB file twice. we can't be the only people that don't immediately eyeball the difference between a 32 and 40 digit random hex code :)