bug reporting on Debian seems too difficult with GMail; Debian lacks modern bug reporting tools such as BugZilla or Red-mine or Gitea. So please feel free to file a bug instead of me.
And no, there are no SHA512 tools for ISOs; and it doesn't matter much, because MD5 when used as a checksum tool is no worse than CRC128 (cyclic redundancy check, 128-bit), or even stronger. SHA-512 will not make it much stronger, but will make it much slower. On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM Nicholas D Steeves <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Alexey, > > Alexey Eromenko <[email protected]> writes: > > > Hello, > > > > One thing that I consider very useful -- is the addition of MD5sum > > into the ISO image itself. > > > > Thankfully Debian already has the tools to do this: > > "implantisomd5 mydata.iso" > > and > > "checkisomd5 -v mydata.iso" > > > > This is very handy to check multiple ISOs quickly without resorting to > > an external file like "isos.md5", especially when I copy the ISOs from > > one Hard Disk to the next, and may forget the accompanying .md5 file. > > > > This idea comes from Red Hat, but it is universally convenient to use > > on any ISO files. > > Neat! Would you please "reportbug debian-cd" so your request doesn't > fall through the cracks? That said, can this program be extended to use > sha512sums instead, or is there an alternative that uses SHA512 instead > of MD5? > > https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify > > Regards, > Nicholas -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
