[Gllug] Bittorrent and security?

[Andrew Roberts]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:55:31 +0100 (BST), Chris Bell  
<chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello,
>    I have a local proxy box providing quick access to Debian files  
> without
> excessive loading on the internet, but it seems that the new preferred  
> means
> of connection is via bittorrent cooperative servers. While it appears  
> that
> the data should be encrypted and safe, I feel uneasy about security when
> there are many unknown boxes linked together, and there are so many  
> people
> using open relays to distribute worms. It is not unknown for well  
> maintained
> servers to be broken, but I feel I can place more trust in the large
> academic and ISP mirror sites than huge numbers of small sites run by a
> variety of users.
>

http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/FAQ.html
Question: How do I know the download isn't corrupted?

Regards,
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