From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 23:03:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C973916A418 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:03:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from mx-outbound01.easydns.com (mailout1.easydns.com [205.210.42.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FA3513C442 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:03:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from lilypad.shadypond.com (69-12-173-117.static.humboldt1.com [69.12.173.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx-outbound01.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B1984823B for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:02:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from slider.shadypond.com (slider.shadypond.com [192.168.1.11]) by lilypad.shadypond.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F2AAB841 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:03:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Pollywog To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:03:10 +0000 References: <43986.76.204.179.142.1199075105.squirrel@www.e-arroyo.net> In-Reply-To: <43986.76.204.179.142.1199075105.squirrel@www.e-arroyo.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712312303.11720.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Subject: Re: Why aren't more secure download options offered? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:03:53 -0000 On Monday 31 December 2007 04:25:05 abi@e-arroyo.net wrote: > Hello FreeBSD representative, > > I am new to the FreeBSD community. In the past I have typically installed > a linux variant in my home systems, but recently decided to give FreeBSD a > try since I could not find a distribution that fit my needs. > > I believe that fbsd is a good platform, but have found some areas that I'd > like to point out. They are both rooted in the idea of a secure file > transfer and file validation. > > Why isn't checksum information provided for packages? These are found in > this directory: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.2-RELEASE/packages/ There are checksums for the ISO images. For example: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.2 has the checksums. > > I can't seem to find any documentation anywhere. You are looking for documentation for FreeBSD? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ is a good place to start. I have only been using FreeBSD for a few months, so I ordered the book Absolute FreeBSD and I got it over the weekend. It has a lot of information useful to new users. If you don't know if you want to spend the money, you might find the first edition in your local library. The second edition was released recently. > These are for all of the > .tbz packages. The information is provided for every file except for > these. Also, instead of the ftp protocol, why don't you offer download > options like https? I am sure that many people are interested in such an > option. I don't know the answer to that question.