I have some suggestions for OpenOffice.org's use of MD5 sums. http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/md5sums.html
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/using_md5sums.html "Md5Sums are used to establish the code integrity of software you download. Using the md5sums grants you more security." There is a cool Firefox extension (cross platform) called MD Hash Tool that works with MD5/SHA-1 sums. ( http://mdhashtool.mozdev.org/index.html ). You add #!md5! onto the end of a link like: http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.1/OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_inst all.exe#!md5!66bd00e43ff8b932c14140472c4b8cc6 Once the file is downloaded you can "Check Digest" and it will compare the actual one w/ what it should be. Even if you don't have the #!md5! on the end of the URL, you can check the digest & you could visually compare that w/ whats on the OOo page or copy & paste it into the MD hash tool & it will verify it. I just used it on an OOo download the way it is set up now. This might be easier/simpler than the 8 step process for Windows where there is no md5sum utility included by default. I realize you still have to install the extension, but it might be less scary than a command line tool. It would go something like: 1 Install extension, restart FF. 2 Download file. 3 Under "Downloads" (press Control-J if you don't see it) right click the file then "Check Digest." 4 Paste MD5 sum into "Reference Digest" space. 5 If a green light and "match" are displayed, the file is correct. If a red X and "no match" are displayed, there was an error. I have also proposed a hash "microformat" at http://microformats.org/wiki/hash-examples which is slightly different. The MD5 sum is visible in the page but also marked up so as to be easily machine readable. Ooo doesn't offer direct download links tho, so I don't think this would work. ant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
