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Old 03-03-2009, 05:19 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
The second way is to create an MD5 Hash. This is similar to the above. However, a hash is created for each ebook. This is how Ubuntu allows d/l to verify they are getting authentic d/ls. The MD5 hash is published on your web site with the book information. Anyone can run the file through a tool to generate the MD5 hash and compare it to the published hash. As a matter of fact, DownloadThemAll a popular Firefox d/l tool supports verifying the MD5 hash of downloads.
Please help MD5 die out by recommending SHA1.
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