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Add to SafariWhen comparing Samhain vs HashMyFiles, the Slant community recommends HashMyFiles for most people. In the question“What are the best file integrity checkers?” HashMyFiles is ranked 8th while Samhain is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose HashMyFiles is:
Each distinct pair or set of duplicates is highlighted in a different color and is assigned a number to identify and distinguish from other duplicates.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Provides ability to cryptographically sign configuration and database
Samhain provides a method to cryptographically sign both the configuration file(s) and the database.
Pro Provides centralized logging via secure channels
A centralized log server (titled yule) provides centralized log consolidation and a secure transport between the samhain client and the yule server.
Pro OS agnostic
Supports POSIX file systems, including Windows support through Cygwin.
Pro Can hash multiple files at once and automatically highlight any that are exact duplicates
Each distinct pair or set of duplicates is highlighted in a different color and is assigned a number to identify and distinguish from other duplicates.
Pro Portable or optionally integrated with File Explorer's context menu
Pro Three different ways to add one or more files to the overall list to be hashed
Select files using the program's file picker, or drag-and-drop onto the program window, or use Windows File Explorer's right-click menu (if optional File Explorer integration has been enabled).
Pro Supports MD5, CRC32, SHA1, SHA-256, SHA-512, and SHA-384 checksum formats
All of these hash types can be calculated simultaneously for multiple files.
Pro Current release supports Windows versions as far back as Windows 2000 and XP
An older release is available that supports Windows 98.
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