RE: MD5 checksum server OS check

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Hi Charles,

OK the gpg key and the MD5SUM file, do I download these from the RH site, 
or do they already come on my RH 8 distribution disks?  WHere on disk or
site would they be located?  Or is the MD5SUM file the actual file that
I am testing against the distribution disks?

I read at http://userpages.umbc.edu/~mabzug1/cs/md5/md5.html that MD5
is a more reliable way to test data integrity, if I do MD5 checks is 
a checksum test redundant?



>Depends on how you want to do it. First, import Red Hat's gpg key
>(preferred), or add the appropriate command line switch to the rpm
>call below to disable gpg key checking. Then get the MD5SUM file and
>verify its gpg signature:
>
>gpg --verify MD5SUM
>
>Then checksum the image(s):
>
>md5sum <path>
>
>where <path> may be your CD-ROM device, such as /mnt/cdrom.
>
>e.g, for severn:
>
>cat MD5SUM ; md5sum severn-i386-disc*.iso
>
>
>You should also check individual packages, e.g.:
>
>find <path> -iname "*.rpm" -exec rpm -K {} \; | grep NOT
>
>where silence implies acceptance.


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