| From: | Jesper Pedersen <jesper(dot)pedersen(at)jboss(dot)org> |
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| To: | Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-jdbc" <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: md5sum of drivers |
| Date: | 2008-11-17 21:30:43 |
| Message-ID: | 200811171630.43715.jesper.pedersen@jboss.org |
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On Monday 17 November 2008 16:23:15 Kris Jurka wrote:
> Jesper Pedersen wrote:
> > Could I get you to add a MD5SUM for each driver at the website (just like
> > the 'other' database
> > (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.0.html)) ?
> >
> > That way people could identify the official JDBC drivers.
>
> A md5sum is pretty worthless for us because we don't mirror the drivers
> elsewhere. If the driver and the MD5 come from the same place you
> aren't confirming anything because it's as easy to replace both as it is
> to replace one.
>
Yeah, I know, but vendors redistribute the drivers (in distributions and
certified bundles) and it would be nice for the end-users to verify that the
drivers havn't been changed.
Keep up the good work !
Best regards,
Jesper
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