On 09/01/06, Shane J Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Julien, > > On 09/01/2006, at 7:26 PM, Julien Bonastre wrote: > > > I can actually fully understand your disapproval at the idea of > > using a torrent to distribute this file, and I can also emphasise > > with your dislikening of trying to create some validation system > > for the image. > > But I don't disapprove of using BT for this. And I also don't disapprove > of people using and enjoying that image. In fact, I think BT is great > and is perfect for something that is large and popular. > > What I disapprove of, is seeing someone flaming someone else for a > personal opinion. Especially when that someone being called an "amateur" > is actually an OpenBSD developer.
And Bob is not just some long-away-in-the-cvs-tree developer, but a system administrator of most official OpenBSD web-sites, www.openbsd.org being an example of what he hosts (if my observations are correct). > Downloading OpenBSD in any form via BT is not for me. Unless of course > the .torrent file, seed and checksums were from official OpenBSD > sources. When I compare the checksum of the download, I want the source > checksum to come from an authority. An email from Theo for example. Hasn't there been some research which shows that checksum collisions are entirely possible? :) Cheers, Constantine.
