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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:17:43 -0500
From: Louis Kruger <lpkruger AT cs DOT wisc DOT edu>
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>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:30:52AM -0500, Louis Kruger wrote:
> > I also have a complaint:  the dialog that notifies the user of the failed 
> > MD5 is not well designed.  The dialog asks "Do you want to skip the 
> > package?" and has a yes and no button.  I read it quickly and pressed no 
> > before thinking about it, the package went ahead and tried to install.  I 
> > think there should be a little more effort to restrain the user from 
> > performing a dangerous action such as installing a package with a wrong MD5.
>
> Good point.  The message should probably be
>
> Do you want to not skip the package (No/Yes)?
>
> cgf

I realize you are joking, but the wording of the message is beside the 
point.  For an ordinary end-user, installing a file with a wrong MD5 is 
the wrong (and dangerous) thing to do in just about any case I can think 
of.  Therefore it should not be equally easy to select either option.

My opinion is that the setup program should abort immediately on 
detecting a wrong MD5 with a message that the server may have been 
compromised.  If there is a special case where someone may actually want 
this, it should be something non-obvious, like a -allow-wrong-md5 flag 
to the setup program.

thanks,
Louis

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