Hi Shaun, Am Mon, 5 May 2008 14:58:55 +0100 schrieb Shaun McDonald: > > On 5 May 2008, at 14:36, Uwe Altmann wrote: > >> Shaun McDonald schrieb: >> >>> The apple disk images have a checksum built into them, so as >>> long as it hasn't been skipped when the disk image was mounted, >>> then the disk image was opened fine.
This is correct although I've seen corrupted downloads which still mount. So I would not abandon md5sum completely. >> Does this mean Apple users don't need to do a md5 check manually >> after download because it's done anyway into the dmgs opening >> process? > > That's correct. > > Though the check can be skipped. I have seen documentation about > how to speed up your mac, being to disable that check, which > isn't a good thing. Yes, this is a common hint on such websites. Because of this I would still mention that md5 is available as well and it's more common for the Unix savy users, even though sha1 and other gain ground. Eric -- ## de.OpenOffice.org - Office für MacOS X, Linux, Solaris & Windows ## Openoffice.org - ich steck mit drin! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
