General hash algorithm

Use this setting to specify a fixed hash algorithm that will be used for reporting, for the local whitelist, and for creating new rules.

You can change the hash algorithm later or use a different hash algorithm in rules. In this case, the agent may have to calculate multiple hashes of a file, which can lead to slight performance losses.

DriveLock Agents prior to version 2022.1 only use the configured hash algorithm, which means that rules with a different hash algorithm will not work on these agents.

We recommend the hash method SHA-256 shown in the example.