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It would be great if shasum would let you check against a sha on the command line so you could do something like: curl https://install.meteor.com https://insta
by spullara 14y ago
It would be great if shasum would let you check against a sha on the command line so you could do something like:
curl https://install.meteor.com https://install.meteor.com | shasum -c 6fa3128600e9bd73a161a625f8503e6614b44b2b | sh
Could be built into curl possibly.
- mayanksinghal 14y agoBut if the DNS is compromised or if this a MITM attack (in spite of being https) there is no guarantee that the checksum is any more trustworthy.
- spullara 14y agoHow is this any less safe than any other checksum scheme that people typically use when delivering software over the internet?