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Just to follow up on this, what checksums do offer is a way to verify that the file you have locally matches the remote file.
by dignan 13y ago
Just to follow up on this, what checksums do offer is a way to verify that the file you have locally matches the remote file.
- testing12341234 13y agoChecksums do not offer this property if both the remote file and checksum are both sent unsecured. If an attacker can MitM the remote file, then they can also do the same for the checksum file.