Computing sha1sum of dvd iso

[JD]

  On 07/23/2010 05:53 PM, Conrad Meyer wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:50:08 -0700
> JD<jd1008 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>>    Dear All,
>> After I downloaded the F12 DVD iso and the CHECKSUM file,
>> I executed
>> sha1sum Fedora-12-ppc-DVD.iso
>> Thevalus that comes out is the not the same as what
>> I see in the CHECKSUM file. Not only that, it is of a much
>> shorter length. To wit:
>>
>> $ grep DVD.iso Fedora-12-ppc-CHECKSUM
>> 800ef4f121e178dcc9c8dc128825021949abe0d6d029f36cd47e39a4033c3aaa
>> *Fedora-12-ppc-DVD.iso
>>
>>
>> $ sha1sum Fedora-12-ppc-DVD.iso
>> 548e1b544c400d39be4fbd080080424e2b5c7674
>> Fedora-12-ppc-DVD.iso
>>
>> So why the discrepancy - or by what metod is the sha1
>> signature of the iso computed and distributed in the
>> Fedora-12-ppc-CHECKSUM  file?
>
> Try sha256.
>
Thank you Conrad.
That works!!