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The Secret Maze of Debian Images

blog.fai-project.org The secret maze of Debian images

Delve into the wondrous labyrinth of sparkling images that is the Debian build output.

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"You can ignore the SHA... files if you do not know what they are needed for. They are not important for you."

...That's where I stopped reading this.
- I stopped at "secret" (yes, the occurrence in the title) :)
  
  TBH the checksums are pretty useless for humans who download an .iso and install it... they are mainly for mirrors and similar that download files without using them
  
  Also: If someone manages to tamper with the downloadable ISO … they likely will be able to tamper with the signature files, too.
- I'm fully aware of what a SHA file is, and it's entirely unimportant to me.
  
  Admittedly, I did check the arch image I use at work.
- Those must have been really helpful in 1999.
  
  Doubt it, they were more likely using md5sum files in 1999.

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