Very Good Point! I was referring to a request by one of the backtrack devs who asked others to pass along the unofficial mirror warnings, but this is true you should check it no matter where you get it to verify it is a completed, unmodified image.
Good catch Micheal! - Robert (arch3angel) On 1/12/2010 3:26 PM, Michael Boman wrote: > Even if it is an official mirror you should still check the MD5 sum > with the one published on the website. It has two purposes: you got > the whole thing down without any bits flipped and no-one has been > trying to be funny with the image (but that would actually require a > PGP-signed MD5 checksum). > > Best regards > Michael Boman > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 19:44, Robert Miller<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> If you use a mirror that's not an official mirror please check the MD5 >> against the one on the BackTrack website! >> >> - Robert >> (arch3angel) >> >> On 1/11/2010 8:58 PM, Ulises2k wrote: >> >>> Mirror: >>> http://fsckyou.org/bt4-final.iso >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 22:56, Carlos Perez >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> May I recommend that people try to use Torrents as much as possible since >>>> the servers are being flooded. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Carlos >>>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 6:43 PM, Adrian Crenshaw wrote: >>>> >>>> It's out, time to play and see what has been polished: >>>> >>>> http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/ >>>> >>>> Yippy!!! >>>> >>>> Adrian >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
