Uninstallin Flashplayer?

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Sun, 11/30/08, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Uninstallin Flashplayer?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 9:09 PM
> On 11/30/2008 06:51 PM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> 
> >> File sizes don't mean squat; do a simple
> md5sum to
> >> check to ensure that
> >> the files are the same.
> >> 
> >> 
> > Gee Gary, you sure are bossy bitchy tonight; have too
> much turkey since Thanksgiving.-:)) But to make you happy I
> checked the md5sum on the one I corrected and the one in
> /var/lib/flashplugin-nonfree that all the browser plugins
> are linked to and guess what, they all agreed. Thanks for
> the tip. I needed the practice-:))
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> 
> Huh. No bossy bitchy, just pointing out a fact. BTW md5sum
> isn't all
> it's cracked up to be as a valid hash[1] but for this
> case it's better
> than just comparing a file size and or/date.
> sha,1-512>sum is probably a
> better choice if file integrity is important.
> 
> [1] http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/SoftIntCodeSign/
> 
> 
I'll just have to read up on it then.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net