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killer04
2013-03-23, 00:09
So when downloading it only gives you one download option and that is 1.0, however in the name of the download it has 1.0.1. I know the checksum will show incorrectly if the download is in anyway incorrect but I was wondering if the checksum that we are told is correct on download is actually wrong. Because this is the second time when ive checked ive had

96D87FDF4077AD35C15E5EE5027AA19F

For reference choosing download options I'm selecting
Kali 1.0, amd64, official, gnome, iso, direct

brav0hax
2013-03-23, 00:32
So when downloading it only gives you one download option and that is 1.0, however in the name of the download it has 1.0.1. I know the checksum will show incorrectly if the download is in anyway incorrect but I was wondering if the checksum that we are told is correct on download is actually wrong. Because this is the second time when ive checked ive had


For reference choosing download options I'm selecting
Kali 1.0, amd64, official, gnome, iso, direct

Please note the checksum on the download page is sha1, not MD5

When I download with your options and perform a check, it comes back a-ok


eric@Mudvayne:~$ sha1sum ~/Downloads/kali-linux-1.0.1-amd64.iso
619b1ffb72b8c72fa341adccdf4ecbadedacec6e /home/eric/Downloads/kali-linux-1.0.1-amd64.iso

Please try the commands above and let us know if there are further issues. As of right now I cannot find any issue.