23 Dec
2002
23 Dec
'02
10 a.m.
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 01:35:48 -0500, Speaker to Vegetables wrote:
It's really more a political problem than a
technical one, isn't it? MD5
checksums may still be useful as part of a strategy of making it clear
to all interested parties that one is doing what one can to keep
materials that are not legitimately publicly distributable out of the
library. Anyone who demands more than that has clearly abandoned
reasonableness and can only be dealt with by unreasonable means.
The the MD5's are still useful for "where did this come from again?"
queries.
- Steve