Quoting this again as I need some more people to test it:
Hi Jean-Luc, CFB and others interested;
I'm ready with that client side implementation of an SHA256 test. I would like some people to test this. I have tested it on the latest Safari, Firefox, and chrome.
As far as I know this will only run in IE10+, earlier versions of IE are not supported.
You can download the files here:
http://nxtra.org/update/update.zipUnzip, then go to your nxt folder and navigate to webapps > root. Paste the two files there.
Now you should be able to open
http://localhost:7874/update.html in the browser.
For this test you will always receive the update notice. An older version is hardcoded in. This is to allow for testing of the sha256 hashing function.
Just follow the instructions; download the client, and then drop it over the dropzone to see if it compares to the official release.
If all goes well you should see this screen:
Now also test it with another file, just a simple txt file or another zip, it doesn't matter. Just pretend this is a fake release.
If that goes well, you should see the following:
I hope this will increase the security of everyone, if you have any feedback, please share.
My Nxt ID for donations is: 3209075099254042753 - any donation is appreciated.
Thank you,
Wesley
Some more screenshots:
Initial state when you open the page:
And after you click download, you get to see the dropzone where you have to either drag the downloaded file to, or click to select it from a file dialog.
hey wes looks great. cool idea.
one suggestion, on the drag here page, maybe make a kind of "landing zone", "x marks the spot" because it didnt seem to want to let me drag to the whole page in chrome, just the green bar. is that right? and then when it didnt let me, it just unzipped the file three more times
but its smart and easy and keep up the good work
OK, I have added the functionality you requested. Redownload:
http://nxtra.org/update/update.zip - now you should be able to drop the zip anywhere on the page. Let me know if it doesn't work.
Ok wes it works dropping anywhere but there is a bit of a UI problem
To get to the the test page you NEED to download the link. IF the hashsum doesnt match ( i dragged the file before it had finished downloading) you have to go back and try again from the beginning, and redownload again.
What if there was only one page? Links to the newest files, and after you download, you don't go anywhere, but just drag onto that same page. then when it compares the checksum, it just gives you a report, keeping the links and the drag it here box, so if you grabbed the wrong file, or whatever, it doesn't force you to do it all again?
Maybe post the current SHA256 on the page BEFORE you test, incase people want to test another way, the page could also serve to be a confirmation.