On ti, 2007-11-06 at 17:12 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: > In my 12 years of extensive Internet use, and several years prior to > that of using BBSes, I have NEVER had a download corrupted. It seems to > me that the sophisticated error detection and correction measures in the > underlying links are sufficient to prevent such errors.
The error checking in the TCP/IP layer is usually sufficient, but not always. The checksum is short enough (32 bits, if I remember correctly) that errors can creep in. I have had it happen at least once to me. Unfortunately, the errors are more likely the more you download, and the more traffic there is -- meaning that at release time, for example, things are most likely to break, when people download huge ISO files. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
