On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Marcel, > > On Wednesday 16 December 2009 12:34 PM, Marcel Rieux wrote: >> >> I thought I'd give the Omega LiveDVD�a try, but I find the security >> rather puzzling. First this: >> >> # To verify on Linux: >> # $ sha256sum -c *-CHECKSUM >> # Windows users use http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/ >> >> 89b708de224e989cbda9c5bf8feebd38d36a16f1765c60648ec2161d2bb1d551 >> Omega-12-i686-Live.iso >> >> $ sha256sum -c *-CHECKSUM >> sha256sum: *-CHECKSUM: No such file or directory >> > > You need to download the CHECKSUM file for the image to the same directory > as the .iso image for that command to work. Sorry! What you say sure makes sense:) Unfortunately, the said file is the one that is at: <http://omega.dgplug.org/12/Live/i686/Omega-12-i686-Live-CHECKSUM> and that I copied above. When it is in the download directory, I receive: sha256sum -c *-CHECKSUM sha256sum: Omega-12-i686-Live-CHECKSUM: no properly formatted SHA256 checksum lines found There still is a problem. Beside, since both the file and the sha256sum are on the same site, and the transaction is not secure, and the sha256sum being available on no other site -- except now, on this forum -- the sum could match the file and you could still be victim of an hoax. Chances are small, you'll rightly say, but if Red Hat believes that it's a good thing to have a secure connection for this forum, maybe it would be a good idea to have one for Omega's site. Your name brings me to the supposition that you might be linked to the project. When I downloaded, at about 21h UDT, I feared the server resources would be tight in the first days of availability. I was surprised to downlaod at ~450 kBps. Do you have a fair amount of bandwidth available? It seems to me this "distribution" could get very popular. Do you plan to distribute to other servers? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
