http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums Topic: Please provide a checksum securely! en Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:38:40 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/307#post-1602 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:53:24 +0000 BillW50 1602@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>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? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/307#post-1601 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:11:08 +0000 gimmie 1601@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>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 :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/307#post-1582 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:03:56 +0000 BillW50 1582@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>All compressed files have checksums gimmie. If it is corrupt, it reports a CRC error. This isn't good enough? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/307#post-1581 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:21:44 +0000 gimmie 1581@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>I notice you have https up and running but it's not perfect right now because of a certificate mismatch:<br /> ds-3747.freedownloadcenter.com</p> <p>Once that's fixed maybe you could have a page with the md5 for the zip of software of the day.</p> <p>Like this on your normal site:<br /> Today's software is System Safety Monitor. Click here to download. The md5, also available on our secure website, is 76ee218bab00f9e4b1495f77f9f49664 </p>