Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:21:29 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: kris@obsecurity.org, "Henning, Brian" <brian.henning@navitaire.com>, FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how to check iso files with md5sum totals Message-ID: <20020617152129.C33079@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEACCDAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>; from barbish@a1poweruser.com on Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:42:51PM -0400 References: <E1846117A30764468D2192D5A48541CC0389486F@exchange.Navitaire.com> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEACCDAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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--lCAWRPmW1mITcIfM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:42:51PM -0400, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > This answer is way to short. I looked up the man md5 and it says this=20 > creates an md5 hash total for the file. This does not answer my question= .=20 >=20 >=20 > "I have read a lot about people checking the FBSD new version ISO files > to there matching md5sum totals to verify the ISO file downloaded > correctly. What commands does a person use to do this?" >=20 > How does your answer describe how to do this?=20 >=20 > Don't I have to use the ISO files published md5sun file and run some=20 > program using it to check it against the downloaded ISO file it self? No, you download the file, run md5 on the file (per my email), and then compare the result to the value listed in the checksum file. It really is as simple as I said. Kris --lCAWRPmW1mITcIfM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9DmDoWry0BWjoQKURAhVaAKChYXGMjZBxT7UzE6HMwbvJ7gUw3gCgim5l wThwhdvwaJDyKEUBYACXJpw= =CR59 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lCAWRPmW1mITcIfM-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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