| Author |
Thread Statistics | Show CCP posts - 0 post(s) |
FlukeySphere
   |
Posted - 2004.11.26 18:18:00 -
[1]
CCP should make an md5 hash available for the full client and all major patches. This would make third party downloads much more trustable. The md5 sum is only a few bytes long.
You will find that this is common practice with most publicly available downloads.
The MD5 check would also weed out corrupt downloads, which could be causing a lot of hidden bugs.
The md5sum program can be downloaded from http://www.etree.org/md5com.html
and is 48KB in size.
|
FlukeySphere
|
Posted - 2004.11.26 18:18:00 -
[2]
CCP should make an md5 hash available for the full client and all major patches. This would make third party downloads much more trustable. The md5 sum is only a few bytes long.
You will find that this is common practice with most publicly available downloads.
The MD5 check would also weed out corrupt downloads, which could be causing a lot of hidden bugs.
The md5sum program can be downloaded from http://www.etree.org/md5com.html
and is 48KB in size.
|
FlukeySphere
|
Posted - 2004.11.26 18:25:00 -
[3]
Edited by: FlukeySphere on 26/11/2004 18:28:16
That does not stop 3rd party/warez sites from distributing hacked versions of the eve client.
Players need a way to make absolutly certain by manual means that the client file is authentic, which is why the EVE server gets hit so hard on patch day. People will not trust a 3rd party download.
|
FlukeySphere
|
Posted - 2004.11.26 18:25:00 -
[4]
Edited by: FlukeySphere on 26/11/2004 18:28:16
That does not stop 3rd party/warez sites from distributing hacked versions of the eve client.
Players need a way to make absolutly certain by manual means that the client file is authentic, which is why the EVE server gets hit so hard on patch day. People will not trust a 3rd party download.
|
FlukeySphere
|
Posted - 2004.11.26 19:07:00 -
[5]
 Originally by: Scorpyn
Edited by: Scorpyn on 26/11/2004 18:58:48
Originally by: Lomithrandra
AFAIK the EVE install is verified for authenticity before it starts to install, for just this purpose.
That kind of protection can be *****ed, better to put up the MD5 sum next to the download link. A lot safer that way.
The way it's done now is only to check whether a download got corrupted in the transfer. Downloading from non CCP sites have never been an issue, because we have always downloaded from official trusted CCP servers.
Welcome to the real world. As the latest patch day showed, the official EVE servers are simply unable to cope with the high demand. Also a sizable population are either unwilling or more importantly unable to use the BitTorrent software.
An official MD5SUM will make 3rd party downloads trustable.
|
FlukeySphere
|
Posted - 2004.11.26 19:07:00 -
[6]
Originally by: Scorpyn
Edited by: Scorpyn on 26/11/2004 18:58:48
Originally by: Lomithrandra
AFAIK the EVE install is verified for authenticity before it starts to install, for just this purpose.
That kind of protection can be *****ed, better to put up the MD5 sum next to the download link. A lot safer that way.
The way it's done now is only to check whether a download got corrupted in the transfer. Downloading from non CCP sites have never been an issue, because we have always downloaded from official trusted CCP servers.
Welcome to the real world. As the latest patch day showed, the official EVE servers are simply unable to cope with the high demand. Also a sizable population are either unwilling or more importantly unable to use the BitTorrent software.
An official MD5SUM will make 3rd party downloads trustable.
|
FlukeySphere
|
Posted - 2004.11.26 19:15:00 -
[7]
Edited by: FlukeySphere on 26/11/2004 19:17:37
Originally by: Scorpyn
That kind of protection can be *****ed, better to put up the MD5 sum next to the download link. A lot safer that way.
Thats the general plan. 
|
FlukeySphere
|
Posted - 2004.11.26 19:15:00 -
[8]
Edited by: FlukeySphere on 26/11/2004 19:17:37
Originally by: Scorpyn
That kind of protection can be *****ed, better to put up the MD5 sum next to the download link. A lot safer that way.
Thats the general plan.
|
| |
|