a torrent of warts

[Andy]

Daniel Silverstone wrote:

> BitTorrent uses SHA1 internally to make sure that you downloaded the
> right file so arguably the only thing you need is the hash of
> the .torrent file. BitTorrent is a fantastically safe download mechanism
> and it saves everyone bandwidth. 

True - but I personally am always glad of an MD5SUM of the iso  - it's 
useful for checking the image later on if I think it's been corrupted 
(e.g. owing to a hard disk that's bveginning to fail or something - I've 
had it happen). It's possible to include multiple files in the same 
torrent, so including an MD5SUM file for the ISO is not a bad idea - and 
  it's not as if it's going to make much difference to the size of the 
download!

Andy