Re: Please integrate MD5SUM into ISO files
Debian's report bug is like 20 years old now...
It asks me dumb questions like "Please enter the name of your SMTP
host. Usually it's called something like "mail.example.org" or
"smtp.example.org"."
Nobody In their right mind uses SMTP or any such ancient technology
for like 20 years now. Now everybody and their dog are on GMail +
using web-browsers for bug tracking.
So I got no clue what kind of SMTP I am using -- only GMail.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM Alexey Eromenko <al4321@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> bug reporting on Debian seems too difficult with GMail;
> Debian lacks modern bug reporting tools such as BugZilla or Red-mine or Gitea.
> So please feel free to file a bug instead of me.
>
> And no, there are no SHA512 tools for ISOs; and it doesn't matter
> much, because MD5 when used as a checksum tool is no worse than CRC128
> (cyclic redundancy check, 128-bit), or even stronger. SHA-512 will not
> make it much stronger, but will make it much slower.
>
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM Nicholas D Steeves <sten@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Alexey,
> >
> > Alexey Eromenko <al4321@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > One thing that I consider very useful -- is the addition of MD5sum
> > > into the ISO image itself.
> > >
> > > Thankfully Debian already has the tools to do this:
> > > "implantisomd5 mydata.iso"
> > > and
> > > "checkisomd5 -v mydata.iso"
> > >
> > > This is very handy to check multiple ISOs quickly without resorting to
> > > an external file like "isos.md5", especially when I copy the ISOs from
> > > one Hard Disk to the next, and may forget the accompanying .md5 file.
> > >
> > > This idea comes from Red Hat, but it is universally convenient to use
> > > on any ISO files.
> >
> > Neat! Would you please "reportbug debian-cd" so your request doesn't
> > fall through the cracks? That said, can this program be extended to use
> > sha512sums instead, or is there an alternative that uses SHA512 instead
> > of MD5?
> >
> > https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nicholas
>
>
>
> --
> -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
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-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
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