Why no hash codes?

Hi,

New to the forum but a big fan of MG for a while (was sad to see the daily warning section go -- forgot what it was called -- but now look to secunia). I was wondering why MG doesn't post hash codes/MD5s for the software here to help make sure that what is downloaded is correct. Am I missing something?

Thanks!

 

Really? This is reclassified as non-computer discussion? Wow - I feel like I've been sent to the Isle on CL!

It's not like a search on "MD5" brought up anything besides "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms." I also didn't see anything in the FAQ. Maybe I'm blind/slow -- can someone point me to the answer?

 

MD5 does cost a bit for the GUI but the CLI version is still free. Just to do this site right, I've never had a bad DL from here.

 

Hi and thanks for the responses.

I suppose that what I'm worried about is if the download links provided are hijacked (either locally on my machine or at the level of your site). I was under the impression (perhaps mis-impression?) that an MD5 (or CRC) hash would give a pretty good indication that I had downloaded the authentic file (checking the hash posted on the site with the results of, say, FileAlyzer on the file downloaded to my machine). Of course, if there was a hijack of an MG link, they could probably also change the hash string on the site to match whatever malware they might link to.

@ augiedoggie - I agree, the only broken files I've ever gotten from MG are because my connection fizzled mid-download (easily fixed), though I occasionally see files here whose versions aren't even out on the authors' sites (I usually wait a day or two for those to match to be sure everything is OK).

I suppose posting hash codes was more of something for the suggestion box (assuming that I haven't got the wrong impression about what I was doing in the first place), and, even at that, probably not the highest of priorities. Thanks for all the great work!