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I don't know anything about GridFTP - but there's a huge difference between verifying if files were "transferred correctly" and verifying that files were transf
by abhibeckert 3y ago
I don't know anything about GridFTP - but there's a huge difference between verifying if files were "transferred correctly" and verifying that files were transferred without being tampered with by a malicious party.
MD5 is fine for the first task, and totally unacceptable for the second.
- CaliforniaKarl 3y agoIndeed, which is why I didn’t mention third-party tampering. For that, the transfer can be sent inside of a TLS-enabled connection.