I’m not seeing the checksum on the site, maybe I missed it, where might I find it?
Hello, you should be able to find the checksums in the releases on GitHub: Release v1.7.9 · balena-io/etcher · GitHub
Thanks for responding!
Ok. so the files there appear to be a much more recent version than on the downloads page on balena.io which has version 1.5.115
I noticed latest.yml list the 512 checksum for balenaEtcher-Setup-1.7.9.exe I am assuming it’s the windows version?
I seem to have gotten a different value for checksum for that file.
Is there also a checksum for the portable?
Hi @etchasketch
the sha512 checksum is the one for the windows setup file (balenaEtcher-Setup-1.7.9.exe).
It does match the checksum of the file, however you need to convert it first.
The yaml file contains the hash as base64 encoded and in binary.
Just use Base64 to Hex | Base64 Decode | Base64 Converter | Base64 to decode the binary sha512 checksum in base64 format into ascii hex representation. You will find its 43fe00417a4fdd4d1c7b25e2e5fb35775aa625015b78c4c12062f863c6b78b3bceac1c3ed6775d08d65a7b95043626c53264a5c13f3a6467f1e910be01ae8a36 which is the same as the sha512 checksum from the balenaEtcher-Setup-1.7.9.exe (I did recheck 
).
Regarding the download, could you specifiy where you fand that link / version? On the official download site ( balenaEtcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives ) there is currently 1.7.9 available.
As for the portable file, I don’t know if they have the checksum somewhere.
Cheers,
Nico