Re: [newbie] ftp://ftp.sunsiMandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc
Charlie M. wrote: On March 11, 2004 05:50 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc So , kindly inform me, what does .asc stand for ? John Lots of good guesses. I _have_ answered this question on this list before though so why are you all guessing? ASC ASCII text file ASC PGP armored encrypted file Taken from a page called "Every File Format in the World" at TechTarget. http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileFormatA/0,289933,sid9,00.html Regards; Charlie -- Now that one's gone in bookmarks. -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ftp://ftp.sunsiMandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc
Keith wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, John Richard Smith wrote: Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc So , kindly inform me, what does .asc stand for ? John This means that it is a gpg/pgp signature of the files to insure that the md5sums has not been tampered with. $ gpg Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc on the command line will tell if you have a unmodified m5sums check file. Then you can check the md5sums with $ md5sum -c Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums Performing these steps are very important to detect corrupted or tampered files in a distribution. You live and learn, I'm glad I asked this question now. I did think I might look silly, not knowing. Just shows you. like this ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /mnt/ext2-vol7/M10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] M10]# ls Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc [EMAIL PROTECTED] M10]# gpg Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc gpg: Signature made Thu 04 Mar 2004 14:38:42 GMT using DSA key ID 70771FF3 gpg: Good signature from "Mandrake Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: ED65 5537 C36E EE0E 309A BA84 E789 8AE0 7077 1FF3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] M10]# so what's with this primary key fingerprint stuff ? or didn't I do it right ? -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ftp://ftp.sunsiMandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc
Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 11 March 2004 12:50, John Richard Smith wrote: Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc So , kindly inform me, what does .asc stand for ? John ASCII - American Standards Code umm umm - can't remember the rest It's just plain text. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Right on then, thanks, it is new to me. So basically it's the same as plain old .txt John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ftp://ftp.sunsiMandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 11, 2004 05:50 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc > > So , kindly inform me, what does .asc stand for ? > > John Lots of good guesses. I _have_ answered this question on this list before though so why are you all guessing? ASC ASCII text file ASC PGP armored encrypted file Taken from a page called "Every File Format in the World" at TechTarget. http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileFormatA/0,289933,sid9,00.html Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org "Life would be much simpler and things would get done much faster if it weren't for other people" -- Blore -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAUIuJZqvqlrLPr5YRAvOqAJ9pjRDyUf+gMqN8BNHbwZ/V3EBIVQCdEN1z pz9DFJVOqsgZbPSseiDI6hI= =kpKf -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] ftp://ftp.sunsiMandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc
If you like google you love this, http://www.theregister.com/content/55/36142.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ftp://ftp.sunsiMandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc On Thursday 11 March 2004 07:55 am, Anne Wilson wrote: ->On Thursday 11 March 2004 12:50, John Richard Smith wrote: ->> Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc ->> ->> So , kindly inform me, what does .asc stand for ? ->> ->> John -> ->ASCII - American Standards Code umm umm - can't remember the rest ->It's just plain text. -> ->Anne American Standard Code for Information Interchange (gotta love Google!) :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have recieved it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ftp://ftp.sunsiMandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc
On Thursday 11 March 2004 07:55 am, Anne Wilson wrote: ->On Thursday 11 March 2004 12:50, John Richard Smith wrote: ->> Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc ->> ->> So , kindly inform me, what does .asc stand for ? ->> ->> John -> ->ASCII - American Standards Code umm umm - can't remember the rest ->It's just plain text. -> ->Anne American Standard Code for Information Interchange (gotta love Google!) :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ftp://ftp.sunsiMandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 11 March 2004 12:50, John Richard Smith wrote: > Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download.md5sums.asc > > So , kindly inform me, what does .asc stand for ? > > John ASCII - American Standards Code umm umm - can't remember the rest It's just plain text. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAUGGvkFAvMr/nNX8RAv6RAJ9fUYcjThwiNsVsQgUGgh7pZYZPDwCeJyDO XG64ooUEv8EgGZux8Lpzb78= =4sW1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
