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Is it safe to trust binaries hosted from sourceforge? Didn't they used to host modified binaries / packages with malware?
by nfoz 5y ago
Is it safe to trust binaries hosted from sourceforge? Didn't they used to host modified binaries / packages with malware?
- signal11 5y agoI remember there was an announcement from new management. From their Wikipedia page: > After SourceForge was sold to BizX in 2016, DevShare was discontinued. On May 17, 2016, SourceForge announced that they were now scanning all projects for malware, and displaying warnings on projects detected to have malware.
- Nicksil 5y ago>Is it safe to trust binaries hosted from sourceforge? Didn't they used to host modified binaries / packages with malware? Once upon a time, yes. It was awful. Was bought many years ago and turned around, however. The guy who owns/runs it has posted here before describing the journey. He mentioned one of the primary reasons for the purchase was due to the many software projects hosted there and at risk of falling off the face of the earth, potentially causing all sorts of mayhem in the process. I respect that. Anyhow you can go check it out. It's nice. I'm glad it's still around.