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Can a file be maliciously changed in a way that maintains its original SHA-1 Hash?

According to this article, and many others, SHA-1 is not secure. In my case, I am not concerned about passwords or digital certificates. I am concerned about file integrity. Is it reasonably ...
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md5pass or sha1pass on mac os

I'm looking for a hash tool on MacOS (shell), hope it works like md5pass on Ubuntu. Calculate case sensitive hash code. Calculate salted hash code. md5 is good, any other algorithm is ok. I ...
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How can zero byte files generate a hash value?

How can a zero byte text file generate a hash when hashed with sha1sum, sha256sum etc? What data are the programs hashing to generate a hash value? Ta
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