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Mar 20th, 2007, 10:53 PM	#1
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 856 Rep Power: 3	Download decryption? I've noticed that often when a file is made available for download on a popular website, the download links are occasionally accompanied by what I assume are decryption keys. For example, on the official Ruby website, each download link is followed by md5 and sha256 codes. What is the purpose of these codes? I can download any of the files without a problem and decompress them without entering any sort of code.

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