Re: md5sum for weekly images ?
Hello masters of ftp.acc.umu.se, one of the users of the CD images
available from your file server [0] has inquired about the
availability of MD5 checksum files for the weekly unofficial Sarge
image. Are these files available from your host (or elsewhere)?
[0] http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/cd-images/debian/
Thanks,
Justin
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Its quite possible that they're not generated, or not stored
publically. I'm copying the ftpmasters of that site to inquire.
I might also add that md5sums are only marginally useful unless
they're cryptographically signed. TCP transport already uses a
checksum, and if you successfully download a working 700MB image, then
you can be moderately confident that it transferred successfully.
With a gpg signature, you additionally have the metaphorical "word" of
the signer: "This is a valid file and it has not been modified by
anyone I don't trust, since it is stored on my own host ...". Such a
signature prevents, for example, a trojan copy of the ISO from being
stored on an alternate site, or DNS spoofing to "fake" the host from
which you retrieve the file.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 08:53:04AM +0100, xerces8 wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I can't find the MD5SUM list for the files at
> http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/cd-images/debian-weekly/i386/
>
> Can anyone help ?
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