Re: md5sum doesn't match with BitTorrent

Chuck Moss <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.rhl.beta,gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.testers
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 03:21:38PM -0800, Don wrote:
> I have a question regarding these md5 sums....
> 
> Is it redundant to check the md5 sums if you do a media check?
> 
> When I use the CD's for the first time, I do a media check, but I never
> check the md5 sums...
> I figure if the sums are correct before creating my CD, that doesn't mean
> the CD gets created properly... but the media check should report any
> problems in the overall creation process... maybe the file was downloaded
> with errors, or maybe errors actually burning the CD.... either way wouldn't
> "media check" detect and report that?

If you get a MD5sum listing that is signed then the md5 check not only
verifies it was downloaded correctly it also ensures that it was not 
trojaned/compromised.

I Always do an md5sum right after download and try to get the 
md5sums from another site.

Chuck


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