8.04 md5sums

[R Kimber]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:26:02 +0200
Mario Vukelic wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 18:16 +0100, R Kimber wrote:
> > 
> > Actually, it's not so much a question of trust as one of the
> > likelihood that my download is the same as what's on the server.
> 
> If someone has compromised the iso on the server, he will also have
> uploaded the accompanying md5sum

As I tried to say, I'm not looking to the md5sum to guarantee security,
only that the download process has worked properly, so that the file I
get is the same as the file on the server.

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/