Sherief Alaa wrote:
I am starting to work on a small GUI tool for file verification because I find guiding users through the verification process on Windows/Mac through the command line painful.
Tools in use:
- Python 3.3 or 2.7 (still didn't decide yet).
- PyQT
- python-gnupg-0.3.5
I might also add a log window and a save log button to see what went wrong during the verification process.
Just a thought: have you considered doing this through a Firefox extension instead? I remember GetTor recommended a Firefox add-on for checking the hash of the bundle it sent out [0].
Note that I haven't thought about this approach completely but the reason this came to mind is because:
- distribution through Mozilla Add-ons is easy and secure. - this does not require installation of extra components.
[0] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/md5-reborned-hasher/