On Friday 06 April 2007 20:35:44 Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Friday 2007-04-06 at 19:55 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote: > > > bittorrent does have security: the initial seed or link inlcudes > > > checksums. > > > > Indeed. You can be absolutely sure that the virus you receive is > > identical to the virus that was sent > > > > A checksum isn't security, it is fault protection > > Should I remind you that SuSE/Novell uses torrent to distribute the iso > images of the distribution? Indeed, the "virus" that SuSE distributes is > the one I have installed in my system, alive and running - it is called > "opensuse linux"!
That doesn't change the fact that bittorrent in itself doesn't have security. It also doesn't change the fact that a checksum is not a security feature. It only helps you ensure that what you get is what the other side sent. In the end, you're still stuck with the question "do I trust the sender". Bittorrent doesn't help you with that -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
