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diff --git a/system/md5deep/README b/system/md5deep/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1278761314 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/md5deep/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +md5deep is a cross-platform set of programs to compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, +Tiger, or Whirlpool message digests on an arbitrary number of files. md5deep +is similar to the md5sum program found in the GNU Coreutils package, but has +the following additional features: +* Recursive operation - md5deep is able to recursive examine an entire + directory tree. That is, compute the MD5 for every file in a directory and + for every file in every subdirectory. +* Comparison mode - md5deep can accept a list of known hashes and compare them + to a set of input files. The program can display either those input files + that match the list of known hashes or those that do not match. Hashes sets + can be drawn from Encase, the National Software Reference Library, iLook + Investigator, Hashkeeper, md5sum, BSD md5, and other generic hash generating + programs. Users are welcome to add functionality to read other formats too! +* Time estimation - md5deep can produce a time estimate when it's processing + very large files. +* Piecewise hashing - Hash input files in arbitrary sized blocks +* File type mode - md5deep can process only files of a certain type, such as + regular files, block devices, etc. |