_______ provides a way to ensure the integrity of data stored on disk by verifying that it hasn't been tampered with.
- Firewall
- Hashing
- Proxy
- RAID
Hashing provides data integrity by producing a fixed-size hash value (digest) based on the content of the data. If the data changes, the hash value will also change, making it easy to detect any tampering or corruption.
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