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On WindowsForum.com, the file hash tag covers discussions about verifying update hashes using SHA1 and SHA2, as provided by Microsoft in Knowledge Base articles and security bulletins. Topics include using PowerShell with .NET cryptographic services to compute hashes, such as defining a get-sha256 function. The tag is relevant for users focused on security and integrity checks for Windows updates and files.
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Verifying update hashes
Some of you may have noticed us improving our defense-in-depth practices for bulletins by supplying sha1 and sha2 hashes in the Knowledge Base (KB) articles. This has been most visible in the KB with the addition of the “File hash information” section, but it is also noted in the...- News
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