Hi,
normally i agree but in that case it differs at least only here ?

Check over HTTP:
-> curl -O http://people.ipfire.org/~ummeegge/OpenVPN-2.4/Core115/ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   185  100   185    0     0    326      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   326

-> sha256sum ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz 
b8a7ebde1eec9fbba3790e31136fdfe3c7ea5b8c27900df1942f28cbe7b9f9f7  ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz

-> ll ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185 Nov 22 11:26 ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz

-> rm -rf ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz

Check over HTTPS:
-> curl -O https://people.ipfire.org/~ummeegge/OpenVPN-2.4/Core115/ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  484k  100  484k    0     0  1302k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1304k

-> sha256sum ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz 
10bc3162d6f061b291fe6e3b4284700431f061d55903f719cafa16bd33c48f40  ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz

-> ll ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 495633 Nov 22 11:22 ovpn_244_64_v3_core115.tar.gz


whereby i get the same results as Michael Horace, smaller package same SHA256 sum. Nevertheless please use only the package with the correct SHA256 sum !

Greetings,

Erik



> Indeed, the transport method should not impact the file being downloaded.
> Today I did the download again using both HTTP and HTTPS: the size & hash are the same no matter the transport method used.
> Something went wrong on my previous download (the size was only 185K instead of 485): there is no need to change the install procedure.
> 
> I'll continue the tests for OpenVPN 2.4.4 and post results on forum topic.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Horace
> 
> 
> 
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 1:49 PM
>> From: "Michael Tremer" <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org>
>> To: ummeegge <ummeegge(a)ipfire.org>, "Horace Michael" <horace.michael(a)gmx.com>, development(a)lists.ipfire.org
>> Subject: Re: Planning out Core Update 117
>> 
>> The checksum should be exactly the same no matter what the protocol is used to
>> transfer it.
>> 
>> -Michael