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Re: Is there any security risk using p2p client ?



On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:05:08PM +0300, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote:
> Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 02:30:11PM -0600, John Haggerty wrote:
> >   
> >> Just use intelligence based on the fact that you are downloading random
> >> programs. 
> >>     
> >
> > E.g.: if you download Debian CDs, it might be a good idea to verify
> > their checksums from Debian sites.
> 
> Is that so? The torrent file you download from debian (= you trust
> that), doesn't contain the checksum?
> 

You can download the checksum from any Debian mirror.

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