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Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly.

From Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.mageia, alt.os.linux
Subject Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly.
Followup-To alt.os.linux.mageia
Date 2019-02-12 10:20 -0600
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:03:20 -0000 (UTC), William Unruh wrote:
> On 2019-02-12, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>>
>> In general I would move on from md5sum to at least sha256, but it
>> shouldn’t matter much for this particular application.
>
> Why? Is sha faster?

No.

> AFAIK for detecting changes in a file (rather than
> standing as a guardian against forgeries) md5 and any sha are equally
> good.

Not so. Seen articles years ago where criminals had a program to
append their malware then add the correct number/content bytes to the
file to cause collision of the md5sum to come out correct.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5

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usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-11 16:42 +0000
  Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-11 08:56 -0800
  Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-02-11 18:50 +0000
    Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-11 22:45 +0000
      Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2019-02-12 01:59 +0000
      Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-02-12 08:45 +0000
        Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-12 05:50 -0500
        Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-12 16:03 +0000
          Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-02-12 10:20 -0600
            Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-12 18:03 +0100
            Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-12 17:17 +0000
          Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-12 13:56 -0500
            Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-02-12 19:18 +0000
              Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-12 14:59 -0500
          Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-02-12 19:15 +0000
  Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Wes Newell <w.newell@tx.rr.com> - 2019-02-11 20:27 +0000
  Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-11 15:32 -0500
    Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. faeychild <faeychild@afraid.org> - 2019-02-12 08:32 +1100
    Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-11 22:49 +0000
      Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-11 21:49 -0500
        Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-11 22:15 -0500
    Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2019-02-12 02:03 +0000
      Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-11 22:15 -0500
        Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-12 05:22 +0100
  Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-11 22:28 +0100
  Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-11 18:52 -0500
    Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2019-02-11 21:47 -0600
      Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-12 04:22 +0000
        Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-12 21:40 +0100
      Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-11 23:29 -0500
        Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2019-02-13 06:40 +1100
          Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2019-02-14 03:01 +1100
            Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-13 23:24 -0500
  Re: usb3 sticks do not seem to work properly. Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2019-02-12 01:50 +0000

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