How does MD5 work when baselining file systems? (NETIQKB43596)

  • 7743596
  • 02-Feb-2007
  • 24-May-2007

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How does MD5 work when baselining file systems?

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.0

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.5

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Unix 4.0

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Unix 5.0

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The MD5 calculation is based on an algorithm that produces a 128-bit fingerprint.  NetIQ uses the industry standard MD5. Files are passed through a function that produces the MD5 fingerprint which is used for baseline checks. For more information about MD5, search for MD5 on the Internet.

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Formerly known as NETIQKB43596