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So with the release of Quickhash v2.8.0 (arguably the most significant release of the program since v2.0) came the super fast xxHash algorithm. Many of you may be wondering what it is and why I added it. But I also know many of you who use QuickHash are probably "hash enthusiasts" who always like to check that File A in front of you is the same as FileA over there with utter certainty and there is no room for any doubt. You're also probably hash purists. "MD5 is broken...SHA-1 is not much better, you should only ever use SHA-256..." [...]

v2.7.1 is being developed. A few minor issues cropped up with the release of v2.7.0, which was not unexpected as I reported in my earlier post. One notable issue is a permissions issue with the creation of a settings xml file that was added with 2.7.0. As it turns out, there's a bit of a snag with it on Apple Mac OSX and Linux, so a change has been made to ensure the xml file is called the same as the program, instead of "QH_Settings.xml". One of those things I didn't anticipate and kindly fixed by Dareal (https://github.com/darealshinji).  There's some [...]

I am proud to announce that the up-and-coming rising star Linux distribution of the moment....Parrot Security OS, now included QuickHash v2.7.0! One of the developers was very helpful in including it and I'm really very pleased. Getting a software tool into a mainstream Linux system is a big deal. Before Parrot, Quickhash was included in CAINE and DEFT, both of which are fine Linux distributions too. But no others had it, until now. This means you can simply launch the terminal in the distribution and just type 'quickhash' and there it will be. Parrot Security OS is a great [...]