Verify file hash after FTP download

This blog post describes how to check the file checksum (hash) after downloading the file from FTP server. Ftp.dll .NET FTP component supports most popular hashing algorithms (CRC, MD5 and SHA1).

First add appropriate namespaces:

// C# version

using Limilabs.FTP.Client;
using Limilabs.FTP.Client.Hash;

' VB.NET version

Imports Limilabs.FTP.Client
Imports Limilabs.FTP.Client.Hash

Then download the file, ask server for its hash, compute the local hash and compare them:

// C# version

using (Ftp client = new Ftp())
{
    client.Connect("ftp.example.org");
    client.Login("user", "password");

    client.Download("report.txt", @"c:\report.txt");

    byte[] serverHash = client.GetFileHash(
        "report.txt",
        FtpHashType.CRC);

    FileHash hash = new FileHash(FtpHashType.CRC);
    bool hashIsValid = hash.IsValid(@"c:\report.txt", serverHash);

    Console.WriteLine(hashIsValid);

    client.Close();
}

' VB.NET version

Using client As New Ftp()
	client.Connect("ftp.example.org")
	client.Login("user", "password")

	client.Download("report.txt", "c:\report.txt")

	Dim serverHash As Byte() = client.GetFileHash( _
		"report.txt", _
		FtpHashType.CRC)

	Dim hash As New FileHash(FtpHashType.CRC)
	Dim hashIsValid As Boolean = hash.IsValid("c:\report.txt", serverHash)

	Console.WriteLine(hashIsValid)

	client.Close()
End Using

You can use CRC, MD5 and SHA1 algorithms for hash verification.

You can download Ftp.dll FTP/FTPS client for .NET here.

Tags: C# FTP FTP component VB.NET