Just a small way to help people get their FOSS. What are some other projects that have torrents that would be good to seed?

  • Maetani@jlai.lu
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    3 months ago

    Verifiying the checksum of an iso takes 30 seconds… You don’t need to trust anyone

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      3 months ago

      I don’t think that is even necessary. If you download the .torrent file from a trusted source it will already contain a secure hash of the final file. Also every piece you receive also comes with a hash that can also be verified through the .torrent file. If you don’t trust the source enough to provide a valid .torrent, I don’t see how downloading the image directly from them makes any difference. Read more: Official BitTorrent BEP BitTorrent V2 and SHA-256

    • weker01@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Well you do need to trust the checksum provided. That is the one you are checking against. Better would be a signature from a key you trust.

      In the end a modern torrent is just a hash.