Why would downloading an OS image from a torrent be any less safe than getting it from some random http server? AFAIK the pieces of the file you get from the torrent can't be tampered with, the only thing is that the total file itself might be a bogus one. But you have the same problem with an http hosted file also. In both cases, you want to be able to trust the source of the torrent -- either the guy putting up the torrent or the guy hosting the file on his http server.
Or am I totally out of line? Torrents seem to generally work ok for alot of Linux distros, I've never heard of anyone, say, poisoning an official (i.e. trusted source putting up the torrent) Redhat torrent or something like that. On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 14:06 -0700, Bob Beck wrote: > * Graham Toal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-05 12:14]: > > If it's that popular it's worth setting up a torrent! > > > > G > > Eeek. > > I walked into this thread initially thinking this was a picture or > logo or something... now shuddering violently at the thought of > running an OS image downloaded from bittorrent.. I suppose it works > for windows virusus, but my glasses still go dark, and I'm still > losing sphincter control.. > > -Bob > -- Matt Thrailkill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
