en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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| reply to Mike
Re: fake
Good try, but...
They may have issues trying to distribute it this way, unless there is some form of security to test wether the copy of Lindows hasn't been compromised - ie a hacked/bugged version put out to create havoc. I've heard of this happening before to an open source site (use them myself, but check the MD-5 or other form of security to validate the files!!!). |
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Techie2000
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| said by en102  :
Good try, but...
They may have issues trying to distribute it this way, unless there is some form of security to test wether the copy of Lindows hasn't been compromised - ie a hacked/bugged version put out to create havoc. I've heard of this happening before to an open source site (use them myself, but check the MD-5 or other form of security to validate the files!!!).
Bit Torrent does hash files to make sure they are legit and not broken in download, and if it doesn't hash correctly the bad segment is redownloaded.
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