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[Full-disclosure] Re: apache.org files are infected?



----Original Message----
>From: Marek Isalski
>Message-Id: s2e1157e.052@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>>> The apr-1.0.1.tar.gz.md5 that I downloaded looks like:
>>> apr-1.0.1.tar.gz: 0A 3C B9 11 EA 18 23 CF  A3 E5 86 38 92 77 47 05
>>> which is odd. And then,
>> Why is this odd?
>>> md5sum apr-1.0.1.tar.gz
>>> 0a3cb911ea1823cfa3e5863892774705  apr-1.0.1.tar.gz
>> They look identical to me
>
> To Windows they are the same.
>
> To Unix they are different.

  Nonsense.  They aren't filenames, they're hex numbers.  Windows and Unix
will _both_ disregard the case of the letters when sscanf'ing or otherwise
using them.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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