Cyber Info•7mo ago

got a project idea that i kinda need help with

how does one mark a file with some form of data, that is not forgeable, nor tamper with

renOP•6/21/25, 3:00 PM

ill dm the documents for the project if needed, i dont wish to share here

Zagreus Hades•6/21/25, 3:05 PM

If you want to determine whether or not the file as a whole has been tampered with, the file's MD5 hash will suffice

ZZagreus Hades If you want to determine whether or not the file as a whole has been tampered wi...

renOP•6/21/25, 3:15 PM

uh what my issue was, marking a file with a form a data the data not be able to be tampered with, instead of checking if it has been tampered with

ZZagreus Hades If you want to determine whether or not the file as a whole has been tampered wi...

renOP•6/21/25, 3:16 PM

im aware that hashing would be able to test if the file has been tampered, but in my project's case, hashing isnt whats needed here ig

renOP•6/21/25, 3:17 PM

im doing stuff with tpm

guninvalid? more like stupidvali•6/21/25, 8:02 PM

you can try to make the file itself read only

guninvalid? more like stupidvali•6/21/25, 8:02 PM

there's a windows setting for that

guninvalid? more like stupidvali•6/21/25, 8:03 PM

and a Linux filesystem option for that

guninvalid? more like stupidvali•6/21/25, 8:03 PM

but other than that this isn't really a thing unfortunately :VentiShrug:

Gguninvalid? more like stupidvali you can try to make the file itself read only

renOP•6/22/25, 12:34 PM

yes but the issue with this is, a file should be read write modify, but imma mark a peice content to be read only thats the hard part, ig ill have to think with workarounds

renOP•6/22/25, 12:35 PM

thanks for the advice tho

got a project idea that i kinda need help with

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