Sascha, Yeah, yeah, you just try and break an MD5 checksum anytime this year. *cough*
Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a--- C++++ UL++++ P L+++ E W++ N o-- K- w O--- M- V- PS+ PE- Y PGP t+ 5 X- R tv+ b DI--- D+ G e-- h++ r--- y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ On 26 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > * Reply to message originally in area ml.debian.security > > Hi! > > 26 Apr 00 11:52, Ingemar =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=E4llman?= wrote to UUCP: > > I?> All debfiles has checksums right?? These checksums can be used to > I?> verify if a file has been changed, so therefore checksums can be used to > I?> check if someone has hacked my computer and installed a rootkit right?? > No, they can't. It is possible (and not hard to do) to change the files in a > way that does not change the checksum. > The only way to really check if the files have been tampered with is to > compare > them byte by byte with the ones in the .deb file. > > CU/Lnx Sascha > > Registered Linux User #77587 (http://counter.li.org) > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >