256sum not matching

[obscuredsecurity]

I generated 256sum values via powershell to compare the values provided on the kali linux download bare metal 64bit ISO

Algorithm Hash Path
--------- ---- ----
SHA256 FA28A2CD45F43E654DB0AAF4856F505FD721DE44BC3C4B7E8E 823919899156E0 C:\Users\username\Downloads\kali...

And then compared the two via python:

>>> sumA ='FA28A2CD45F43E654DB0AAF4856F505FD721DE44BC3C4B7E 8E823919899156E0'
>>> sumB = 'fa28a2cd45f43e654db0aaf4856f505fd721de44bc3c4b7e8 e823919899156e0'
>>> sumA == sumB
False

Why are the two different and why is the alphabets for the sha256sum that I generated in caps?

Im a little P noid from some virus alerts I received when attempting to make a bootable USB.

[Gamb1t]

If you were to send either sum through a all uppercase or all lowercase generator you would see they are the same sum. I haven't seen this before myself, I'll update the docs to reflect that this is an issue.

[Fred Sheehan]

Windows is defaulting to all caps thats another windows 'feature'...lol

[miafrance]

(Relative newbie) Ok, so I've tried downloading versions of Mint using torrents and from the main mirror. I follow the checking instructions exactly but not only are the sha256sums generated not matching, but they are different each time I download (KDE 18 four times, and Mate 18 twice). Presumably I'm doing something wrong, but I can't work out what it is. Or perhaps my system is damaged in some way - but how can I tell? Any ideas?

[Fred Sheehan]

if the sum doesnt match the download has failed, check your internet connection isn't dropping out