An Empirical Study of the Usage of Checksums for Web Downloads
We analyzed the current practices for using checksums for web downloads. We built a dataset of 277 web pages containing checksums that we annotated. This webpage allows visitors download the dataset and submit new URLs to extend our dataset.
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Bernard, G., Coudert, R., Chapuis, B., and Huguenin, K. (2023). An Empirical Study of the Usage of Checksums for Web Downloads. In The Web Conference (WWW) (p. 12). [doi]
Statistics about the collected checksums
Figures from the paper updated with additional submitted checksums
Most frequently used techniques, ordered by strength. Based on observations.
Distribution of file sizes (in KB); log-scale x-axis. Based on observations.
Distribution of files types. Based on observations.
Distribution of outcome for checksum verification. Based on observations.