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Bug#387202: cdimage.debian.org: Missing md5sum for Sarge 3.1_r3 NetInstall CD



severity 387202 wishlist
retitle 387202 Please add sha1 sums for ISO images
thanks

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:58:08PM -0400, Simon Valiquette wrote:
>Package: cdimage.debian.org
>Severity: normal
>
>	The MD5SUM for the NetInstall CD and business card CD are missing,
>at least for the x86 architecture (the other arch I checked had it,
>including the 3.1_r2 x86 version).
>
>http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r3/i386/iso-cd/
>
>	It would be good to have them so that we can at least check that
>we downloaded the ISO properly.  I am surprised it was not reported before.
>I sometime like to validate that the ISO on my mirror are good ones.

Yup. Apologies for the omission; it was a simple mistake that I've
just fixed.

>	I would suggest that you also provide a signed SHA-1 hash instead
>of just a MD5 hash.  Finding a collision with MD5 is now very fast
>(less than a minute), so signing an MD5 hash just give a false sense of
>security in my opinion.

Good point; I've retitled your bug and added it to the wishlist for cd
images to remind me to look into it. Things are made *slightly* more
complicated by the build system, but I'll get onto it soon.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray

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