Reuters

MD5 File And Folder Comparator Lite

MD5 File And Folder Comparator Lite ($16; free, feature-limited demo) is a useful tool for doing two slightly-different tasks: Verifying that two versions of a single file are byte-for-byte identical, ...
Ars Technica

Recursive file/folder MD5 utility for OSX?

A project I'm working on is for a mixed Windows / Mac environment, migrating from NetWare (with AFP services) to Windows with ExtremeZ-IP. We've been using md5summer on Windows, which works great for ...
Lifehacker

How to use MD5 sums to verify downloaded files

An MD5 sum is a string of letters and numbers that acts like a fingerprint for a file. If two files have the same MD5 sum, the files are exactly alike - which is why MD5 "fingerprints" can verify ...
Bleeping Computer

Oracle to Block JAR Files Signed with MD5 Starting with April 2017

Oracle says that starting with April 18, 2017, Java (JRE) will treat all JAR files signed with the MD5 algorithm as unsigned, meaning they'll be considered insecure and blocked from running. Oracle ...
adtmag.com

Oracle Delays Plan to Block JAR Files Signed with MD5 until April

When Oracle Corp. publishes its next quarterly patch update in April, the company will begin treating JAR files signed with the MD5 hashing algorithm as unsigned, the company announced. As of April 18 ...