Seth Cohn <scohn@clipper.net> writes: > Because when you get the file from a multiple places, you add the > requirement of checking the file for consistancy and errors. A crc or > md5sum check is needed, both before the transfer (is it the _SAME_ file, > or just one the same size and date?) and after (did we put it back > together correctly?) People should be doing this *anyway* as part of the signature checking that should be standard in Debian.