Bug#1067649: Verification page is not accessible from the homepage

[Tassia Camoes Araujo <tassia@riseup.net>]

Hi Thomas,

On 2024-03-25 02:39, Thomas Lange wrote:
> I don't think we need the link on the startpage, but maybe on the
> /distrib page where we provide other ISO downloads.
>
I agree that not every user need to verify downloads.
 
> But in the end I try to remember whenever I have verified an ISO by
> myself.
>
I do that on a regular basis for educational purposes, as I see the
value of being able to verify authenticity of our images with our own
hands.

> I can't remember and I guess I never did it. Maybe I
> check that I'm using https://www.debian.org. That's all I need to
> trust.
>
It is not only a matter of trusting the website, but the network, and
even the local filesystem. It happened to me once to have to re-flash a
batch of 20 USBs, because I had not verified if the file I had at hands
was the good one. I can imagine that for media vendors it is also of
crucial importance, to make sure they are redistributing the authentic
image.

So here I adapt my original request: please add the link to /verify at
the /distrib page; and if possible, also consider renaming the link of
"other downloads", since the content of the target is not only about
other downloads. For a minimal change, I'd say "other download options",
but I'd prefer "other ways of getting debian" ("Getting Debian" is the
title of the /distrib page, so it will be less confusing when the user
lands on the target).

Thanks for considering!

Tassia.