ikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoThe Secret Maze of Debian Imagesblog.fai-project.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkThe Secret Maze of Debian Imagesblog.fai-project.orgikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregomp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoI stopped at “secret” (yes, the occurrence in the title) :) TBH the checksums are pretty useless for humans who download an .iso and install it… they are mainly for mirrors and similar that download files without using them
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoAlso: If someone manages to tamper with the downloadable ISO … they likely will be able to tamper with the signature files, too.
I stopped at “secret” (yes, the occurrence in the title) :)
TBH the checksums are pretty useless for humans who download an .iso and install it… they are mainly for mirrors and similar that download files without using them
Also: If someone manages to tamper with the downloadable ISO … they likely will be able to tamper with the signature files, too.