Re: md5sum doesn't match with BitTorrent

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 21:14, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 18:30, Ben Steeves wrote:
> > Re. the person who was asking if checking MD5s is redundant -- you
> > should always check the MD5s before burning, at least to make sure the
> > ISO is OK.  Afterwards, media check should be sufficient.
> 
> Checking MD5's of a completed torrent d/l is redundant, because
> BitTorrent checks MD5 on each chunk it gets as it completes it.

To be pedantic, BitTorrent actually uses the SHA1 hash algorithm, not
MD5, though the effect is the same.

> Therefore the whole, if finished, will be fine automatically unless your
> disk has a media problem unrelated to the d/l. Read the protocol for
> more info.

True, but it can't hurt, and doesn't normally take long, to MD5-check
the .iso files also.

--Jeremy

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