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| author | Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> | 2022-05-22 01:54:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> | 2022-05-22 01:54:49 +0100 |
| commit | e96ee42901d20a8878ded2c462204cd1b7a7210f (patch) | |
| tree | a2b728703563a8945727af5d85b4e5cdf5b9bfa3 /english/CD | |
| parent | c874843259ed16730f156eb7d6cfc47f26564fc1 (diff) | |
CD/verify: more minor tweaks
Diffstat (limited to 'english/CD')
| -rw-r--r-- | english/CD/verify.wml | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/english/CD/verify.wml b/english/CD/verify.wml index 38210499b12..5fe97596a76 100644 --- a/english/CD/verify.wml +++ b/english/CD/verify.wml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ #use wml::debian::cdimage title="Verifying authenticity of Debian images" BARETITLE=true <p> -Official releases of Debian installer and live images come with signed -checksum files; look for them alongside the images in +Official releases of Debian installation and live images come with +signed checksum files; look for them alongside the images in the <code>iso-cd</code>, <code>jigdo-dvd</code>, <code>iso-hybrid</code> etc. directories. These files allow you to check that the images you download are correct. First of all, the checksum can be used to check that the images have not been corrupted during download. Secondly, the -signatures on the checksum files allow you to confirm that the files -are the ones created and released by Debian, and have not been tampered -with. +signatures on the checksum files allow you to confirm that the images +are the ones created and released by Debian, and have not been +tampered with. </p> <p> To validate the contents of an image file, be sure to use the appropriate checksum tool. Cryptographically strong checksum algorithms (SHA256 and SHA512) are available for every releases; you -should use the tools +should use the matching tools <code>sha256sum</code> or <code>sha512sum</code> to work with these. </p> |