[Eug-lug] proof positive that linux is becoming mainstream

nicolas vigier boklm at mars-attacks.org
Wed Jun 27 01:25:57 PDT 2007


On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Ben Barrett wrote:

> At *least* compare the ISO's against the public checksums (and file
> sizes -- MD5 is exploitable such that files can be padded to longer
> lengths to match a checksum, IIRC).
> If someone can match the size *and* MD5 on some arbitrary ubuntu ISO 
> release,
> then I think they either deserve to be successful -- or have their
> methods published!!!

Yes, it is very unlikely that someone succesfully create an ISO with
the same md5 and something meaningful inside.

Nicolas



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