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Verify sha256sum after download #2

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fwcd opened this issue Aug 20, 2022 · 1 comment
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Verify sha256sum after download #2

fwcd opened this issue Aug 20, 2022 · 1 comment
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fwcd commented Aug 20, 2022

Just to make sure that the file was not corrupted during download.
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fwcd commented Sep 11, 2023

Checksum verification would also let us download the binary over HTTP, while only fetching the signature via HTTPS (the speed difference in downloading via HTTP seems to be by an order of magnitude, most likely since it's easier to cache).

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