[mythtv-users] pcHDTV.com defaced AGAIN (READ!)

Dan Littlejohn littlejohn86 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 22 21:46:36 UTC 2004


For an actual attacker (I assume less likely for an automated worm),
if they are smart enough to get in and change the code, I doubt they
would messup also changing the MD5 hash.  For the really paramoid PGP
keys are more secure.


On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:07:19 -0500 (EST), Phil Bridges
<phil at gravityhammer.com> wrote:
> 
> > For drivers, checksums will be provided in the future.  Although
> > unlikely that the past drivers were infected, just to be safe, there
> > will be checksums from now on.
> >
> 
> Do checksums really work if the entire site is accessed?  Couldn't hackers
> just change the shecksums to match the new file?
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