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On 2024-02-10 11:56, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 10/02/2024 10:47, Björn Lundin wrote:
>> On 2024-02-10 02:41, 68g.1503 wrote:
>>> And hmmmm ... when IS the last time anyone actually
>>> DID look-over wget's source code ??? The best place
>>> to hide evil is inside something deemed "old and
>>> reliable" .....
>>
>> Are you saying you are looking into EVERY package's source code you
>> download via apt BEFORE you install it?
>> Or are you saying that one should do it?
>>
>> Sounds bit hysterical to me.
>>
>> You do know that both wget and curl are provided by debian based (and
>> most other ) distribution via their repository tool ?
>>
>> If you don't trust your distribution, you should switch, or roll your
>> own distribution.
>> But then - I guess you have lots of work ahead of you
>> verifying/looking over source code ...
>>
> Not hard to build a simple wget clone using libcurl
Of course not - but I was referring to that if you don't trust the
binaries from your distribution, then you'd need to check ALL source code.
Not only wget/curl - but everything from kernel all the way to web browsers
Either you trust your distribution or not.
--
/Björn
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