hasher

Efficient hashing of multiple files

Features

• Low memory usage: reads each file one block at a time

• Reads each file only once while running multiple algorithms, including MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, byte histogram, Shannon entropy

• Uses worker threads to do multiple files at once

• Provides a command line interface and a reusable object/module

Usage

usage: hasher [-h] [-t N] [--tab] FILENAME [FILENAME ...]

positional arguments:
  FILENAME           one or more files to hash

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -t N, --threads N  maximum number of threads (default: 8)
  --tab              tab separated

See Also

• The Case for Learning Python® for Malware Analysis, CloudShield Blog

Legal

Copyright © 2013 by Nick Jensen

This module is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU GPLv3.