Re: apache.org files are infected?

["Dave Korn" <davek_throwaway () hotmail com>]

----Original Message----
> From: Marek Isalski
> Message-Id: s2e1157e.052 () mail smuht nwest nhs uk

> > > 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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