ikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoThe Secret Maze of Debian Imagesblog.fai-project.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkThe Secret Maze of Debian Imagesblog.fai-project.orgikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareReallyZen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months ago “You can ignore the SHA... files if you do not know what they are needed for. They are not important for you.” …That’s where I stopped reading this.
minus-squareLaser@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThose must have been really helpful in 1999.
minus-squaregomp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoI stopped at “secret” (yes, the occurrence in the title) :) TBH the checksums are pretty useless for humans who download an .iso and install it… they are mainly for mirrors and similar that download files without using them
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAlso: If someone manages to tamper with the downloadable ISO … they likely will be able to tamper with the signature files, too.
…That’s where I stopped reading this.
Those must have been really helpful in 1999.
I stopped at “secret” (yes, the occurrence in the title) :)
TBH the checksums are pretty useless for humans who download an .iso and install it… they are mainly for mirrors and similar that download files without using them
Also: If someone manages to tamper with the downloadable ISO … they likely will be able to tamper with the signature files, too.