Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:29:03 -0800
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Vincent Hoffman <vince_at_unsane.co.uk> wrote:
> On 20/12/2011 10:39, Daniel Kalchev wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 20.12.11 11:42, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>>> As long as I have reliable checksums that match the what the upstream
>>> source says is the real thing, it doesn't practically matter where I
>>> get my images from.
>>
>> Relying on checksums that are published on the same web site where you
>> download the files from and given that most of these sites do not even
>> use SSL.... so much about 'security'.
>>
> This does remind me of one issue that while a little off topic for this
> thread....
> If i wanted to get, for example the SHA265 checksums from a verified
> source, how would i verify this currently? There doesnt seem to be an
> SSL site for www.freebsd.org and its not too hard to redirect someone to
> a fake website.
> What would be a more reasonable list to request this on?

And so the masses go off on a quest to answer how to obtain releases
instead of staying focused on the original problem at hand..
-Garrett
Received on Tue Dec 20 2011 - 15:29:04 UTC

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