On 2009 Oct 08 (Thu) at 01:34:36 +0200 (+0200), Martin Schröder wrote: :2009/10/8 Stuart Henderson <st...@openbsd.org>: :> If you want something better, download SHA256 and check the hashes. : :I know this has been discussed before, but other free OS solve this :problem (among others) by signing their packages. Feel free to flame me. :
package signing does nothing extra for partial-sync mirrors. the reason why the SHA256 file works is that these are the SHA hashes for the entire batch. -- Steele's Plagiarism of Somebody's Philosophy: Everybody should believe in something -- I believe I'll have another drink.