PL 2005 ISO fine

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Hi,

I have once more uploaded the ISO file (this time in ZIP archive to
make sure people download file fully)- can someone please download and
check it the file is OK (it seems to be, all files open perfectly, but
I need someone to look as well). I would appreciate if you report
whether the file is OK.
Link: http://www.essentialpim.com/freeware_newsgroup/pl2005cdiso.zip
Once we confrim file is OK i can re-post it under a new topic, so that
more people could download.

Best regards,
Max
www.essentialpim.com
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

downloaded - looks great - can't find faults, some copies for family
going out soon.


I did'nt use the official check program, seemed a little complicated
for me, but unlike the last download, I am unable to find any corrupt
files on the copied cd.

Sorry Susan that I cannot help more.

regards
Peggy
 
Peggy said:
downloaded - looks great - can't find faults, some copies for family
going out soon.

I did'nt use the official check program, seemed a little complicated
for me, but unlike the last download, I am unable to find any corrupt
files on the copied cd.
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The procedure seems a little complicated to me too. :)

The "official" ;) method of verifying a *CD* is to verify the number of
files and the size (in bytes) of four groups of files. IOW - right click
four times, read the numbers, compare them to the numbers on the web page.
Sorry Susan that I cannot help more.
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You didn't need that check. You have a good ISO from a *known* source.
*CD* copies obtained from an untrusted source might contain malware. The
*CD* verification procedure is a safety precaution.

I'll put the alternate checksum verification procedure on the web site
*if* the procedure is tested by the group - so far it looks as if
interest in this has died. . .

Susan
 
I'll put the alternate checksum verification procedure on the web site
*if* the procedure is tested by the group - so far it looks as if
interest in this has died. . .
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I'm still interested, but haven't downloaded and installed the
"preferred" program (forgot the name and URL). Did download the
PL2005_CD-checksum.md5 file and used it to verify my PL2005CD. So the
md5sums are good and the PL2005_CD-checksum.md5 file is a good/common
format. Will try to download the program and walk through your
instructions on how to use it later tonight.
 
Jim said:
I'm still interested, but haven't downloaded and installed the
"preferred" program (forgot the name and URL).
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I looked for other .md5 apps that have been recommended in ACF and
they've gone missing. All I know about Fingerprint is what I learned
yesterday - it has a GUI and "seems" to work for this task.

Did download the
PL2005_CD-checksum.md5 file and used it to verify my PL2005CD. So the
md5sums are good and the PL2005_CD-checksum.md5 file is a good/common
format.
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Thanks for that - especially the "common format" part. I'll list other
programs that can be used for the verification if people tell me what
they are.

Will try to download the program and walk through your
instructions on how to use it later tonight.
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TY. :)

FYI to the group - I just installed v 5.0 of Karen's Directory Printer
(I was using v 3.4). Version 5.0 found *all* the files on the CD - looks
like whatever was wrong has been fixed. . . :) :) :)

Susan
 
I looked for other .md5 apps that have been recommended in ACF and
they've gone missing. All I know about Fingerprint is what I learned
yesterday - it has a GUI and "seems" to work for this task.
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If you are looking for replacement MD5 programs you might want to
consider MD5Summer which is a Windows MD5 Sum Generator / Verifier.

http://www.md5summer.org/
 
Mel said:
If you are looking for replacement MD5 programs you might want to
consider MD5Summer which is a Windows MD5 Sum Generator / Verifier.

http://www.md5summer.org/
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I did that yesterday.

As near as I could tell I'd have to learn how to compile it from the
source code. . . then learn how to use it. . . then explain to other
people how to compile it from the source code and use it. . .

so I kept looking. . . ;)

Susan
 
I did that yesterday.

As near as I could tell I'd have to learn how to compile it from the
source code. . . then learn how to use it. . . then explain to other
people how to compile it from the source code and use it. . .

so I kept looking. . . ;)
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MD5summer is an application for Microsoft Windows 9x, NT, ME, 2000 & XP
which generates and verifies md5 checksums. Its output file is
compatible with the output of the Linux GNU MD5Sum and it will also read
Linux generated files. MD5summer is written in Borland Delphi 5 and is
released under the General Public License, the source can be downloaded
from the downloads page. If you like MD5summer, please send me a
postcard. (The Author not me)

Noinstall Windows Executable:

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~floydian/md5/md5v11027.zip

Found on the download page:

http://www.md5summer.org/download.html
 
I looked for other .md5 apps that have been recommended in ACF and
they've gone missing. All I know about Fingerprint is what I learned
yesterday - it has a GUI and "seems" to work for this task.
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Here are 5 md5 programs that were mentioned in early October 2004 in
the Sans Institute Handlers Diary http://isc.sans.org/diary.php

http://digestit.kennethballard.com/ digestIT
http://www.md5summer.org/ md5summer (postcardware)
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ unixtools (not for the fainthearted-
md5sum is but one part of this)
http://www.etree.org/md5com.html a commonly used commad line tool
http://md5deep.sourceforge.net/ a command line tool
 
FYI to the group - I just installed v 5.0 of Karen's Directory Printer
(I was using v 3.4). Version 5.0 found *all* the files on the CD - looks
like whatever was wrong has been fixed. . . :) :) :)
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I don't know/use this program, but supposedly "Version 5.0: Program
can now compute SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 hashes of each
file, in addition to the SHA-1 and MD5 hashes available previously."

Her software is highly thought of and a good addition to the toolkit,
especially if it can be a shotgun approach to verify files, file size
and md5sum. Maybe computing md5 hashes is not the same thing as
verifying md5 hashes, which is what is needed.
 
Noinstall Windows Executable:

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~floydian/md5/md5v11027.zip

Found on the download page:

http://www.md5summer.org/download.html
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That's where I was - I see now that I tried the wrong links. . . aargh. . .

Latest version 1.2.0.5

Released 28-Sep-2003
Normal ZIP format.
Size: 387KB

"ZIP format" is a link (http://www.md5summer.org/download.html#zip). (I
thought it was supposed to take me to the download link.) The *icon*
next to the description is the download link:

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~floydian/md5/md5v12005.zip

and it works. . . :)

Susan
 
Susan said:
That's where I was - I see now that I tried the wrong links. . . aargh. . .

Latest version 1.2.0.5

Released 28-Sep-2003
Normal ZIP format.
Size: 387KB

"ZIP format" is a link (http://www.md5summer.org/download.html#zip). (I
thought it was supposed to take me to the download link.) The *icon*
next to the description is the download link:

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~floydian/md5/md5v12005.zip

and it works. . . :)

Susan
--
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ACF FAQ: http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html
ACF wiki: http://www.markcarter.me.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AcfWiki
Pricelessware (not maintained): http://www.pricelessware.org
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Well she's an engineer, what do you expect!!!
Omar (running for cover)
 
Here are 5 md5 programs that were mentioned in early October 2004 in
the Sans Institute Handlers Diary http://isc.sans.org/diary.php

http://digestit.kennethballard.com/ digestIT
http://www.md5summer.org/ md5summer (postcardware)
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ unixtools (not for the fainthearted-
md5sum is but one part of this)
http://www.etree.org/md5com.html a commonly used commad line tool
http://md5deep.sourceforge.net/ a command line tool
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Thanks for the list of additional md5 programs! It's always good to take
a look at others even though you've found one that you like. (MD5Summer)
 
That's where I was - I see now that I tried the wrong links. . . aargh. . .

Latest version 1.2.0.5

Released 28-Sep-2003
Normal ZIP format.
Size: 387KB

"ZIP format" is a link (http://www.md5summer.org/download.html#zip). (I
thought it was supposed to take me to the download link.) The *icon*
next to the description is the download link:

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~floydian/md5/md5v12005.zip

and it works. . . :)

Susan
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The download link takes you to the download page which has additional
links to download the current version and previous versions of
MD5Summer. I can see how an experienced Webmaster might easily get
confused on such a page.
 
Jim said:
I don't know/use this program, but supposedly "Version 5.0: Program
can now compute SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 hashes of each
file, in addition to the SHA-1 and MD5 hashes available previously."

Her software is highly thought of and a good addition to the toolkit,
especially if it can be a shotgun approach to verify files, file size
and md5sum. Maybe computing md5 hashes is not the same thing as
verifying md5 hashes, which is what is needed.
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Thanks, (e-mail address removed) , for that wonderful insight.
Please bless us with more of your thoughts about programs you don't use or
understand.
 
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