Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Working on an archive site/pages forLO and the DVD

On 10/10/2011 11:16 AM, V Stuart Foote wrote:
> On Mon 10/10/2011 9:04 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions 
> [mailto:webmaster@krackedpress.com] wrote:
>
> > As for md5sum filse, I never created them before.  If you check the
> > LibreOffice.org download page, you will find that they do not have
> > md5sum files listed either.
> Actually,  the Libre Office offers them as a check-box option. They've always been there.
>
> > ALSO, for security sake, ALL files that are downloaded [Windows users
> > should always do this] should be run though your virus scanners before
> > you run them.  Some scanners actually check all downloaded files right
> > after they have completed their download. ...
>
> Very true, but a far more important security step IS to obtain valid signature/hash value
> from the publisher of the file, and then to calculate the signature/hash of the downloaded file.
> Doing so reveals both that you have the original file, and that your download was
> complete. It helps ensure that you do not have malware but also that your installation
> attempts are problem free.

OK, I never really saw that check box before. And what is that "..." 
after the md5sum mean?

If you check the box and then use the "Other way to download 
LibreOffice, the productivity suite", how do you use the md5sum files?  
How do you deal with these md5sum files to determine if your download 
file is "proper"?  What is the process?  If I knew about that, I may 
have looked into those files before.

The problem for me is I never have seen a way to generate a md5sum file 
for files I created.  I never downloaded those files before either.  It 
is just one more thing to download, if I had that option.

To be honest, most people I know would not know anything about the 
md5sum files and would be confused by them if they see them listed next 
to the downloads for the installs.  They might think that it was a 
mirror.  In fact, when I mouse-over that file, it shows the install file 
with a ".mirrorlist" added to the end of the install file name.  If I 
did not know better, I would assume it was the install file in a 
mirrored location.

So, once I download the install and the md5sum file, what do I do next 
to determine if the files match and are proper?

Can I download both for each install and list them on my site?  I would 
need simple, easy, and detailed instructions for users to follow, if 
they choose to.  I would need it for Windows, Linux [DEB and RPM], and 
MacOSX [Intel and PPC], since that is what the full DVD would have for 
it.  Then there is the fact that I do not have access to these md5sum 
files for the previous versions to use for my archive pages.  I have not 
seen a LO archive page yet, so I put mine up now instead of later.




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