Is it possible to create a file that will contain its own checksum (MD5, SHA1, whatever)? And to upset jokers I mean checksum in plain, not function calculating it.
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Is it possible to create a file that will contain its own checksum (MD5, SHA1, whatever)? And to upset jokers I mean checksum in plain, not function calculating it.
I created a piece of code in C, then ran bruteforce for less than 2 minutes and got this wonder:
Note the must be no characters (end of line, etc) after the sentence.
You can check it here:
http://www.crc-online.com.ar/index.php?d=The+CRC32+of+this+string+is+4A1C449B&en=Calcular+CRC32
This one is also fun:
Source code (sorry it’s a little messy) here: http://www.latinsud.com/pub/crc32/