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The server could send a Content-MD5 header, which the client could compare to the md5sum of its own bytes 0 to 69.

• iso-8859-1 14y ago
  Why use hashing when you only need checksumming?
  • felixge 14y ago
    Depending on the use case, man in the middle attacks could be a good reason for hashing.
    • Filligree 14y ago
      A man in the middle could just as easily change the hash header, and MD5 isn't cryptographically secure anyway. It is still a very good checksum.