Re: Checksums on ftp
Sascha,
Yeah, yeah, you just try and break an MD5 checksum anytime this
year. *cough*
Regards,
Alex.
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On 26 Apr 2000 Sascha_M._Silbe@progbbs.dyn.ns1.net wrote:
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> * Reply to message originally in area ml.debian.security
>
> Hi!
>
> 26 Apr 00 11:52, Ingemar =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=E4llman?= wrote to UUCP:
>
> I?> All debfiles has checksums right?? These checksums can be used to
> I?> verify if a file has been changed, so therefore checksums can be used to
> I?> check if someone has hacked my computer and installed a rootkit right??
> No, they can't. It is possible (and not hard to do) to change the files in a
> way that does not change the checksum.
> The only way to really check if the files have been tampered with is to compare
> them byte by byte with the ones in the .deb file.
>
> CU/Lnx Sascha
>
> Registered Linux User #77587 (http://counter.li.org)
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