0004659: SHA256 checksum of week 13 for v. 2018.1 does not match - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0004659	Kali Linux	Kali Websites & Docs	public	2018-03-31 13:50	2018-05-08 07:33

Reporter	Pixelblade	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	text	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	suspended
Product Version	2018.1

Summary	0004659: SHA256 checksum of week 13 for v. 2018.1 does not match
Description	The SHA256 checksum produced by Windows 7 differs from the checksum shown on the download site for version 2018.1. The date and time of the checksum comparison is 31/03/2018 @ 14:42 GMT The checksum comparison of the downloaded .iso file was carried out using the Windows 7 "certutil" command.
Steps To Reproduce	Open command prompt Run command "certutil -hashfile c:\downloads\kali-linux-2018.1-amd64.iso SHA256 Copy result to Notepad Copy SHA256checksum for version 2018.1 from https://www.kali.org/downloads/ to the same Notepad Compare the two results (my results below) Kali download site result: ed88466834ceeba65f426235ec191fb3580f71d50364ac5131daec1bf976b317 Windows 7 "certutil" output: 68c004d72af51e65c446c7e5e96a0bcc746c32e48542e2322298cd50a33d28b8
Additional Information	System Information for Windows 7 machine: OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Manufacturer ASUS System Model All Series System Type x64-based PC Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz, 3600 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 2012, 30/09/2014 SMBIOS Version 2.8 Windows Directory C:\Windows System Directory C:\Windows\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume6

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2018-03-31 13:50	Pixelblade	New Issue
2018-05-08 07:33	g0tmi1k	Status	new => closed
2018-05-08 07:33	g0tmi1k	Resolution	open => suspended
2018-05-08 07:33	g0tmi1k	Note Added: 0009129