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[ale] corrupted download of ubuntu-6.10 from gtlib.gatech.edu via Comcast
- Subject: [ale] corrupted download of ubuntu-6.10 from gtlib.gatech.edu via Comcast
- From: jimpop at yahoo.com (Jim Popovitch)
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:55:21 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]> <1160700339.5896.9.camel@localhost> <[email protected]>
On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 20:48 -0400, Jerry Yu wrote:
> should wget say something ?
Theoretically no. In fact wget should retry every packet that fails.
HOWEVER, if the packet loss is more than just loss (i.e.: corruption)
and wget (or your browser) doesn't realize it, then there is a
possibility for corruption... thus the need for md5 signatures to
validate what was downloaded.
-Jim P.