md5sums

[Kurt Wall]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 04:53:38PM -0500, Tom Wilson took 24 lines to write:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've always been bad and never really checked the md5sums of iso's I
> download.  Now trying to correct my bad ways, I have been try to
> download the latest version of Mepis for 3 days now from a couple
> different places, via ftp from ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu and via rsync
> from ibiblio.org, I must've download the image 20 times and have yet to
> get one where the iso md5sum matches the md5sum file I download.  
> 
> Is it just horrible luck?  Or do I need to break out the chicken feet? 
> In the grand scheme of things is it that important?

I think they're important. The checksum should match, unless the sum in 
the file is somehow incorrect or you download is introducing garbage.

Kurt
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