What is "MD5SUM"?

[forkd]

just curious. I see it in the linux iso download areas.

 

[Workin']

It's a checksum generated using the MD5 method. You can use it to determine if your downloaded file is corrupt or not. The md5sum file is a plain text file containing the expected checksum number. You then use a program like md5summer or another md5 checksum generator to calculate the number for your downloaded file. If that number and the one from the md5sum file are identical, then you know your download is a perfect copy of the original.

 

[forkd]

thanks

 

[QTPie]

Link to the program