md5 sums are extremely useful. They let us know if something is what we really expect it to be. for instance, if you create a program, and compress it before sending it off, you can generate an md5 sum for it so others can validate that the compressed bit of code they’ve just downloaded is really yours or not.

I use md5 sums a bunch. I’ve even created one for my wife. Let’s use her as an example. Well, you’ll have to get your own wife, or borrow someone else’s for this particular demonstration, as mine is already taken (as you can tell by her md5 sum).

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How to generate and check md5 sums.

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