Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:23:00 +0100 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a SITE MD5 command to ftpd Message-ID: <20010314212300.A2747@roaming.cacheboy.net> In-Reply-To: <15023.53743.215996.538067@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 01:17:51PM -0700 References: <20010314105918.A5204@roaming.cacheboy.net> <35525.984597779@critter> <20010314210758.A2405@roaming.cacheboy.net> <15023.53743.215996.538067@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2001, Nate Williams wrote: > I think everyone's is forgetting the 'real' reason for SITE-MD5. It's > existance is not one of 'trust', but the reason to do this is because it > allows the ports checker (and mirrors) to determine if a file has > changed. Not whether or not it's trustable, not whether or not someone > has hacked the server, but whether it has changed or not. I agree. the reasoning for me mentioning trust here is that it was the basis for the entire irc discussion earlier on this (UTC+1) morning as to why it was bad. Some people would say "use rsync!" :-) Adrian -- Adrian Chadd "Programming is like sex: <adrian@freebsd.org> One mistake and you have to support for a lifetime." -- rec.humor.funny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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