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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: very large data files
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2008-07-11 22:50:01
Message-ID: 200807111950.02128.thiago () kde ! org
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Ingo Klöcker wrote:
>After fetching the file via torrent its checksum would be checked
>against the checksum provided by GHNS to prevent forged data.

As long as you get the .torrent file from a trustworthy source, you don't 
need to checksum the result.

The .torrent file is the checksum.
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