Re: [MiKTeX] Verification of downloaded installers?

[Michael A. G. <mik...@ya...>]

Hi Jan-Christoph,

MiKTeX installer uses its own database for checking integrity of 
archives. If the installer just `imagine' (it happens when files are 
downloaded manually from different unsinchronized mirrors) that a 
distribution file is corrupt it stops.

Good luck!

Mike

On 28.05.2010 15:09, Jan-Christoph Bornschlegel wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> This is my first message here.
> I used LaTeX for quite some time (I think since 2003 or so), usually on
> a linux machine (texlive package) but also on some Windows machines
> using MikTeX distro and texlipse. Back then I didn't really care about
> security.
>
> But things change and now I wonder what ways exist to verify integrity
> of the Installer I downloaded. Are there any signature files, sha1sums
> or md5sums available?
> On the download link I didn't find any. Then I looked through the FAQ
> and grepped "sha1" and "md5" with no matches.
> Finally I searched the ML archive using the same terms and producing no
> results.
>
> Several explanations come to my mind:
> 1. my search terms were not the best ones
> 2. the search engine isn't working properly
> 3. there was no discussion at all about those issues until now
> 4. I just don't see the obvious :)
>
> Could someone please point me to the missing bits if the latter is the
> case? If this is the wrong list, please do not hesitate to point me to
> the right one.
>
> Cheers,
> Jan