MD5 checksum

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    Hi,

    Please take a look into this link:

    http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php


    You can see the "MD5 checksum" value for each download link.

    Question: What is the "MD5 checksum" ? Whats the need for it? and how is it calculated/generated?


    Thanx
     
    cancer10, Aug 12, 2008 IP
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    It is kind of cryptography and used for many purposes. in this case it used for confirming that the downloaded file is not corrupted. you know each file has unique MD5 checksum. Here on wikipedia you can find all about that. ;)
     
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    k. Thanx for the reply.
     
    cancer10, Aug 16, 2008 IP