On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 06:38:48PM +0200, Laurențiu Păncescu wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to put a preseed file on the same USB stick as the installation, > using hd-media/boot.img.gz is easier than remastering the iso. It works, but > there seems not to be any signed checksum file for these images and they are > served only over http: > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-amd64/current/images/ > > How can I check if these images are authentic? I guess I could mount a > signed CD iso like netinst, copy vmlinuz and initrd from there and create my > own USB stick with syslinux - is there a better way? > Hi,
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/InRelease is signed and contains checksums for the d-i SHA256SUMS file. (I realize that still makes verification awkward.) Cheers, Julien