[TriLUG] Mandrake 8.2

[That One Guy]

On Tuesday 19 March 2002 02:11 pm, Mike Johnson wrote:
> You can compare them with the MD5 sums from the main distribution
> site.
>
> As listed on the Mandrake website for 8.2 isos:
> cda56ed1c9e9ace3de44eba1c36069a7 Mandrake82-cd1-inst.i586.iso
> 6ede8c75fec92e10636b6c0bf5ee9860 Mandrake82-cd2-ext.i586.iso
> 0b4921ddb67425687a5e053ff288dcba Mandrake82-cd3-supp.i586.iso
>
> And on TriLUG (and in the MD5 file you'll download):
> [mike at fatalpha redhat]$ cat /mirrors/Mandrake-8.2/md5sums.82
> cda56ed1c9e9ace3de44eba1c36069a7  Mandrake82-cd1-inst.i586.iso
> 6ede8c75fec92e10636b6c0bf5ee9860  Mandrake82-cd2-ext.i586.iso
> 0b4921ddb67425687a5e053ff288dcba  Mandrake82-cd3-supp.i586.iso

Hashes only verify data Integrity.  They do NOT verify Authenticity.  

But, heck, it's Mandrake.  Who's using that crap anyway?  ;-)    (oh I'm just 
teasing!)  At some point, you just have to trust it.  Like Mike said, the 
website is the best place to get the MD5 hashes from.

TOG