Re: md5sum of drivers

On Monday 17 November 2008 16:23:15 Kris Jurka wrote:
> Jesper Pedersen wrote:
> > Could I get you to add a MD5SUM for each driver at the website (just like
> > the 'other' database
> > (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.0.html)) ?
> >
> > That way people could identify the official JDBC drivers.
>
> A md5sum is pretty worthless for us because we don't mirror the drivers
> elsewhere.  If the driver and the MD5 come from the same place you
> aren't confirming anything because it's as easy to replace both as it is
> to replace one.
>

Yeah, I know, but vendors redistribute the drivers (in distributions and
certified bundles) and it would be nice for the end-users to verify that the
drivers havn't been changed.

Keep up the good work !

Best regards,
 Jesper