As pointed out by a user on the forum [1], the CheckIt add-on is not available anymore. This add-on was used in the documentation to allow Windows or Mac users to verify the ISO image. We decided to advertise a Firefox plugin because: - it would be a relatively cross-platform solution - it should be easy to install - it could be fetched through HTTPS
The alternative to do checksums with Firefox is MD5 Reborned Hasher [3] but this one can only be run from the "Download" window of Firefox. So just after downloading the ISO. Which most probably will not be the case since we are asking the verify the ISO, and possibly installing MD5 Reborned Hasher and restarting Firefox, after downloading the ISO. I found a workaround for most cases but I wanted your opinion before putting that in the documentation. 1. Download the ISO 2. Install MD5 Reborned Hasher, restart Firefox 3. Open the ISO image from File ▸ Open File… and save it on top of itself. That's the weird move. It seems to work ok on Windows XP but it was not working on my machine where /tmp didn't have enough space to store a temporary copy of the full ISO. 4. Check the SHA-256 from the Download window. What do you think? [1] https://tails.boum.org/forum/Checkit_no_longer_available/ [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkit/ [3] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/md5-reborned-hasher/ -- sajolida
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