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130points
25comments
#168of 2,565 in 2015
Top 7%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Idea: 4 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever, cool idea
From 4 comments
There's almost nothing to say because it's just such a self-evidently good idea. It's high time we start seeing software understand that data identity as totally severable from…
heavenlyhash on HNClever :-) I wonder if it could look for `${currentAddress%$filename}md5sums.txt` (or similar) as that's often where an md5sum for a file is, and then comparing that, rather than…
bruce_one on HNsuch a cool idea :-)
tgpc on HNExcellent! I was going to write one of these, now I don't have to. Thank you so much! That's one big TODO ticked off.
zwischenzug on HN
Objections
MD5 is weak for collision resistance; use SHA-2 or better
From 3 comments
There's almost nothing to say because it's just such a self-evidently good idea. It's high time we start seeing software understand that data identity as totally severable from…
heavenlyhash on HNThe problem with MD5 here is the relatively poor collision resistance, not the length extension. Length extension allows you to calculate the final hash of appended data without…
lunixbochs on HN> the shaX functions do that perfectly. The SHA-2 family (namely SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512) are good candidates, and probably SHA-3 too. Let's stop recommending and…
taejo on HN
Requests
Check for a md5sums file before downloading the whole file
From 1 comment
Clever :-) I wonder if it could look for `${currentAddress%$filename}md5sums.txt` (or similar) as that's often where an md5sum for a file is, and then comparing that, rather than…
bruce_one on HN
Alternatives named
Magnet URIs and BitTorrent
From 2 comments
So in essence a poor man's magnet link[1]. Interesting hack, nonetheless. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme
moe on HNIt seems like this is a hacked up version in the spirit of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme You'd never have to worry about losing links to things if all of your…
colechristensen on HN
aria2
From 1 comment
It already exists, and works wonderfully: http://aria2.sourceforge.net/
rakoo on HN
Metalink
From 1 comment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink#Example_Metalink_4.0_.meta4_file
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