Just a small way to help people get their FOSS. What are some other projects that have torrents that would be good to seed?
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Does anybody download iso's via torrents? Or how to help the actual sites that serve these? Since I trust the source more than torrents.. Especially for an image..
Verifiying the checksum of an iso takes 30 seconds... You don't need to trust anyone
I don't think that is even necessary. If you download the .torrent file from a trusted source it will already contain a secure hash of the final file. Also every piece you receive also comes with a hash that can also be verified through the .torrent file. If you don't trust the source enough to provide a valid .torrent, I don't see how downloading the image directly from them makes any difference. Read more: Official BitTorrent BEP BitTorrent V2 and SHA-256
Well you do need to trust the checksum provided. That is the one you are checking against. Better would be a signature from a key you trust.
In the end a modern torrent is just a hash.
Checksum doesn't verify authenticity. You need to verify the signature
Been on Linux 6 years, never done it. Extra steps
Length of time never means quality of decisions. Always best to validate. So easy to package up malware and farm folks bank accounts.
Hence my threat model hasn't included torrents.