[sldev] Optimizing load time.

Erik Anderson odysseus654 at gmail.com
Fri May 25 09:18:47 PDT 2007


Also, keep in mind that like any client-side verification, if the MD5
matches we are still not guaranteed that it is an official client.  So it
can't be depended on by LL server-side at least.

On 5/24/07, Paul TBBle Hampson <Paul.Hampson at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 08:37:42AM +0900, Alissa Sabre wrote:
> >> The MD5 load is almost certainly the viewer calculating a hash of
> >> itself. This used to be used for tracking, but is no longer of use.
>
> > Hmm.
>
> > If this is true, how the server knows which Viewer is Linden's
> > QC-passed genuine build and which is Alissa's own experimental
> > instable version (or someone else's)?
>
> > Without such identification, support team would get big headache...
>
> This of course is only a helpful guide, not proof that the client
> is the official QC-passed build. ie. if the MD5SUM does not match,
> we know it's not the official build, but that's all.
>
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