alt Hacker News> Let me FTP or SCP or SFTP a blob there, do a checksum or something for security reasons
Whose security are we talking about here? Mine, or the manufacturer's?
> Let me FTP or SCP or SFTP a blob there, do a checksum or something for security reasons
Whose security are we talking about here? Mine, or the manufacturer's?
I'm not sure if it was what OP meant, but it's arguably a good availability technique (as long as you can generate the checksum, that is). Like, if I want to run custom firmware and flash it, having a checksum which verifies that the firmware isn't corrupted may help prevent bricking.