Do all files downloaded from the web, come with a checksum to verify the file?

Pretty straightforward question. Take the image here:
https://i.imgur.com/oEdf6Rl.png
Does it come with a checksum, which I can verify against after I have fully downloaded the file?
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How to make Remmina or freerdp display matching Windows remote desktop certificate thumbprint in SHA1? Or Windows to display it in SHA256?

When using Remmina in Ubuntu connecting to Windows remote desktop, a message about a mismatch of certificates get displayed. However, Remmina is displaying it in SHA256 format. But when I look at the certificate in Windows, it’s displaye… Continue reading How to make Remmina or freerdp display matching Windows remote desktop certificate thumbprint in SHA1? Or Windows to display it in SHA256?

Playing the Pixelflut

Every hacker gathering needs as many pixels as its hackers can get their hands on. Get a group together and you’ll be blinded by the amount of light on display. (We propose “a blinkenlights” as the taxonomic name for such a group.) At a large gathering, what better way to …read more

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Geocaching on Mars: How Perseverance Will Seal Martian Samples with a Return to Earth in Mind

With the roughly 20-day wide launch window for the Mars 2020 mission rapidly approaching, the hype train for the next big mission to the Red Planet is really building up steam. And with good reason — the Mars 2020 mission has been in the works for a better part of …read more

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