Is this the correct MD5sum-code for my Kubuntu 8.10 iso file?

Jonas Norlander jonorland at gmail.com
Wed Oct 15 10:46:07 UTC 2008


2008/10/15 Willy Hamra <w.hamra1987 at gmail.com>:
>
> while checking the MD5 sum of a downloaded file is a very important
> step, you don't actually need it in torrent downloads, since torrents
> have their own unique way of calculating hashes for the pieces
> downloaded.
>

He don't say where he downloaded the file from so if it's not from the
kubuntu site it's _more_ important to check the checksum of the file.
Verifying the checksum of a file is not only to see that's not a bad
download but also to be sure it really is the file you want and not a
hacked version distributed on a P2P network.

/ Jonas




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