diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/pom.xml
index 9315ab4af2..5db3b67c04 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@
             <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+
     </dependencies>
     
     <properties>
@@ -46,4 +56,5 @@
         <!-- testing -->
         <assertj-core.version>3.10.0</assertj-core.version>
     </properties>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/checksums/ChecksumUtils.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/checksums/ChecksumUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d214a0f757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/checksums/ChecksumUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.checksums;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.zip.CRC32;
+import java.util.zip.CheckedInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.Checksum;
+
+public class ChecksumUtils {
+
+    public static long getChecksumCRC32(byte[] bytes) {
+        Checksum crc32 = new CRC32();
+        crc32.update(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
+        return crc32.getValue();
+    }
+
+    public static long getChecksumCRC32(InputStream stream, int bufferSize) throws IOException {
+        CheckedInputStream checkedInputStream = new CheckedInputStream(stream, new CRC32());
+        byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
+        while (checkedInputStream.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length) >= 0) {}
+        return checkedInputStream.getChecksum().getValue();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/checksums/ChecksumUtilsUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/checksums/ChecksumUtilsUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5366917f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/checksums/ChecksumUtilsUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.baeldung.checksums;
+
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class ChecksumUtilsUnitTest {
+
+    byte[] arr;
+
+    @Before
+    void setUp() {
+        arr =  new byte[]{0,10,21,20,35,40,120,56,72,22};
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenByteArray_whenChecksumCreated_checkCorrect() {
+
+        long checksum = ChecksumUtils.getChecksumCRC32(arr);
+
+        assertEquals(3915397664L, checksum);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenTwoDifferentStrings_whenChecksumCreated_checkCollision() {
+
+        String plumless = "plumless";
+        String buckeroo = "buckeroo";
+
+        long plumlessChecksum = ChecksumUtils.getChecksumCRC32(plumless.getBytes());
+        long buckerooChecksum = ChecksumUtils.getChecksumCRC32(buckeroo.getBytes());
+
+        assertEquals(plumlessChecksum, buckerooChecksum);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenInputString_whenChecksumCreated_checkCorrect() throws IOException {
+
+        InputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(arr);
+        long checksum = ChecksumUtils.getChecksumCRC32(inputStream, 10);
+
+        assertEquals(3915397664L, checksum);
+
+    }
+}
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