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Date:      14 Mar 2001 22:38:42 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
Cc:        Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] add a SITE MD5 command to ftpd
Message-ID:  <xzpae6oyqsd.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: "Jacques A. Vidrine"'s message of "Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:44:35 -0600"
References:  <20010313211544.B17733@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <200103140459.VAA03061@usr05.primenet.com> <20010314084651.A23104@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010314012132.A91957@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010314112651.C23104@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010314101440.A5965@dan.emsphone.com> <20010314182106.A422@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010314144434.A2658@hamlet.nectar.com>

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"Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> writes:
> It sounds reasonable to me.  At a minimum, it could be used by the 
> ports system to avoid downloading files that appear like they will
> not match the MD5 checksum anyway.

If someone adds the 'SITE MD5' command to FreeBSD's ftpd, I'll add
code to libfetch and fetch(1) to check the MD5 before downloading.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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