ComputerSecurityStudent (CSS) [Login] [Join Now]




|FORENSICS >> CheckSum >> Current Page |Views: 17501

(CheckSum: Marxio File Checksum)

{ Comparing checksum between two files }


Background Information
  • What is a file checksum?
    • A checksum or hash sum is used to check the integrity of the data inside of a file.  This file can be a regular text file, image, executable, or etc.
    • If the checksum published with a download file or by a person matches the checksum performed on the file of concern, then there is a good changed the data was not altered.

     

  • What is Marxio File Checksum?
    • This program calculates and verify checksums of files downloaded received in email, upload from server, and downloaded from the internet. It supports major checksum types: CRC32, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160, HAVAL 256, TIGER 192.

     

  • Resources
    • Unfortunately, development was discontinued on this tool.

     

Prerequisite: You Must Complete the QuickStego Lab
  1. *** Lab Prerequisite ***
    • NOTE: Do not continue if you have not completed the QuickStego lab.

     

  2. On Your Instructor VM

     

    • Remember that image file horse.bmp does NOT contain embedded text, and horse2.bmp DOES contain embedded text.

     

    • Notice:  These files are the same byte size (835 KB).
    •  

Download Marxio-FCV
  1. Login to your Instructor VM, as username administrator
    • For those of you that do not have access to my class, Instructor VM is a Windows XP Operating System.

     

  2. On the Instructor VM,

     

  3. Click on Save (See Below).

     

  4. Save to C:\tools\CheckSum

 

Section 1: Run Marxio-FCV.exe
  1. Using Windows Explorer Navigator to C:\tools\CheckSum
    • Double Click on Marxio-FCV.exe

     

  2. Click on Run

     

  3. Click on Accept License Agreement

     

  4. Click on OK

     

  5. Click On NO

     

  6. Click OK

 

Section 2: Comparing CheckSums with Marxio
  1. Click on the Folder in the red rectangle (See Below).

     

  2. Select horse.bmp
    • Click on Open

     

  3. Viewing the CheckSum
    • After opening the file, the checksum will automatically be calculated.

     

  4. Highlight the checksum, and click copy.

     

  5. Paste the Checksum you just copied into the "Compare with:" textbox.

     

  6. Now we will open up horse2.bmp to compare its' checksum with horse1.bmp.
    • Click on the folder within the red rectangle.

     

  7. Select horse2.bmp
    • Click Open.

     

  8. Notice the Red X, indicates the file checksums do not match.
Proof of Lab
  1. On the Instructor VM

     

  2. Do a screen print, with the Marxio-FCV.ini highlighted.
    • It is necessary that Date Modified is displayed.

     

  3. Paste to a word document

     

  4. Submit to Moodle.


Help ComputerSecurityStudent
pay for continued research,
resources & bandwidth