I amvery confused about the problem that the hash value of the file kali-linux -2024.4-installer-amd64.iso.torrent does not match the hash value of the official website for several time.I don’t know where the problem is,i don’t know the hash value has changed and hasn’t been updated or there is something wrong with my computer,and i really need help in this regard.Please help me!Thank you very much for your help！
Please share the command that you use to verify the hash.
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Win+R
cmd
cd
certutil -hashfile kali-linu-2024.4-installer-everything-amd64.iso.torrent SHA256
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That’s not how to check SHA.
What you’re doing is checking SHA for the torrent file rather than downloaded ISO.
To get ISO file hash and check it, run this line in PowerShell:
(Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 kali-linux-2024.4-installer-amd64.iso).Hash -eq "beca4f8fd7f58eda290812f538e1323d3ba1f1a34df4b203e85de4be42525bb6"
If the command says “True” the hash matches.
Note that you’re specifying ISO file, not torrent file.
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Network participants download and share parts of files via torrent. This is how torrent works in general. It means that there is a possibility that someone redirected a modified part with malware inside. You need to check the file for malware.
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