Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: checksum - Recent Posts https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/tags/checksum Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: checksum - Recent Posts en-US Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:30:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.2 BillW50 on "Please provide a checksum securely!" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/307#post-1602 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:53:24 +0000 BillW50 1602@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Well I don't see the point. I've never been to a site yet that offers such security. Not even from Windows Updates. So what are you afraid of? That you are grabbing files from other than from the GAOTD site?

gimmie on "Please provide a checksum securely!" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/307#post-1601 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:11:08 +0000 gimmie 1601@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Not for me. With this particular site I am looking to verify that the files I download are actually the files you are offering. If there is a way to 1. securely download the zip file or 2. make information available securely that can validate the zip file (like just a md5 on your https.. cheaper, I think) that would be great, and that's my suggestion. Thanks :)

BillW50 on "Please provide a checksum securely!" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/307#post-1582 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:03:56 +0000 BillW50 1582@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

All compressed files have checksums gimmie. If it is corrupt, it reports a CRC error. This isn't good enough?

gimmie on "Please provide a checksum securely!" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/307#post-1581 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:21:44 +0000 gimmie 1581@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

I like downloading your software but I have a protocol to follow. That protocol usually means checking the md5 of software to make sure it isn't corrupt and hasn't been tampered with (yes flamers, md5 breaks, I know, thanks) before I run the install.

I think it would be great if you would provide a secure way to obtain the md5 of whatever zip file you are offering for download on a specific day.

I notice you have https up and running but it's not perfect right now because of a certificate mismatch:
ds-3747.freedownloadcenter.com

Once that's fixed maybe you could have a page with the md5 for the zip of software of the day.

Like this on your normal site:
Today's software is System Safety Monitor. Click here to download. The md5, also available on our secure website, is 76ee218bab00f9e4b1495f77f9f49664