All, So what about people that are share renamed MD5s to filename.md5.txt. I bet further sees this as just a txt file and doesn't run the md5 check? I know I have pulled several shows with .md5.txt which is where we could be running into problems. So we probably need to go and verify our shares do not have these.
BTW I deleted and redownloaded the bad file I had from Oysterhead 10-21-2001d2t06 and it passed the MD5 checksum. It sounds great. I didn't notice before because it ended about where the Album ends and I missed 10 minutes of Les and the boys jamming. It is much better this way. I also ran a md5 checksum on all my current shares and renamed all the md5.txt to just md5. Later, Jamie S. aka tekn0ph1sh >From: "Jamie Addessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Furthur] Failed MD5 Checksums >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 20:04:41 -0500 > >All, > Regarding MD5 checksums: > There have been some bugs in old versions that could have caused a >download to fail an MD5 checksum. I've put a great deal of time into >resolving these bugs, and I believe that they are all fixed. I performed >hours of testing every possible download scenario with 1.3.7, and never had >a show fail MD5. > Although I'm fairly sure that all the bugs with this issue are gone, >we >won't know for sure until the MD5 functionality is built into Furthur. As >you know, this is currently being developed by Evan. I believe the plan is >as follows: >1. Furthur calculates the checksum when a show is originally shared and >stores this information. >2. If an MD5 file exists in the show's folder, Furthur validates that they >match before allowing the show to be shared. >3. Anytime a user downloads the show, the MD5 is automatically checked to >insure it matches. >4. If an MD5 fails, Furthur downloads only the offending files again >automatically. >5. A show is only reshared if it's MD5 validates, and the MD5 information >propogates along with the show throughout the network. > This functionality will be used on all shows, not just SHNs, with the >exception of the check against MD5 files in the folder which typically >don't >exist for MP3s. > So the good news is that corrupt shows will not be a long term problem >since this functionality will insure that all shows are received from the >source verbatim. The problem is that we currently have a number of corrupt >shows circulating which has been caused by people sharing corrupt shows and >by bugs in previous Furthur versions. > It would help the short term problem if people checked their shares to >insure that they pass MD5 checks. But soon this issue will be obsolete. >Looking into the very recent MD5 problems, as far as I know they've all >been >results of currupted shares. If anyone finds a situation where a share >passes MD5 but a download fails MD5, please let me know, but I don't think >this will be the case. > - Jamie >P.S. Furthur doesn't know how to share files from a mounted network drive >yet, but it is on the list. > > > >------------ [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] ------------ > The Furthur Development List > Questions, Comments: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://cyberial.com/furthur >-------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------ [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] ------------ The Furthur Development List Questions, Comments: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cyberial.com/furthur --------------------------------------------------
