New criterion for Checksum

[Andre Robatino]

Frank Murphy <frankly3d <at> gmail.com> writes:

> > "If there is embedded checksum on ISO media, it must be correct."
> >
> 
> Not  trying to hijack.
> But, is there a reason md5 is still being used?

A built-in checksum is only useful for checking for natural corruption, not a
deliberate fake (since in that case it's easy to change the checksum to the
correct one for the fake). Even md5 is more than enough for this purpose.