This issue came up a few moments ago on #debian-user IRC. The CD FAQ page has a section on verifying CD images, but doesn't link to the actual MD5sum file. Links from the Network Install page are to specific ISO images an not the download directory. This is causing confusion for people looking for an MD5SUMs file. http://www.nl.debian.org/CD/faq/ http://www.nl.debian.org/CD/netinst/ Suggestion: add an explicit link to the MD5SUMS and MD5SUMS.sign files on both of these pages: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/MD5SUMS http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/MD5SUMS.sign For the FAQ, I would suggest making the word "MD5SUMS" a link, in the following sentence, and adding the sentence "Verify the md5sums with the [link: MD5SUMS.sign] file." immediately following. To ensure that the images were not only downloaded correctly, but are indeed official images, you also have to verify the GnuPG signature on the [link: MD5SUMS] files using the Debian GPG keyring. CD vendors are encouraged to do this. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Compaq thin[k]s they can distribute our OS [software] however they want. Joachim, you'll need to check the contract on this. If they think they can distribute however they want, again, it's a small step to putting other os software on the cd rom. - Brad Silverberg, Microsoft Corp, Oct 1, 1993. Taking care of business
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