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Re: bad md5's on ftp.us.debian.org ?



> Below are the errors reported by apt-get update.  Is this correct? 
> Could someone explain please?

It's normal that large HTTP downloads are corrupted if some router on
the path to the server has dying RAM chips.  The TCP checksum does not
protect against periodic bit errors, and HTTP doesn't check the
received payload.



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