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The risk wouldn't be someone deliberately targetting you: the risk would be someone deciding that this is an excellent vector to gain backdoor root access on ma
by dsr_ 4y ago
The risk wouldn't be someone deliberately targetting you: the risk would be someone deciding that this is an excellent vector to gain backdoor root access on many random machines.
- hnlmorg 4y agoI wasn’t suggesting I would be personally targetted. I was stating that the infrequency and low criticality of my usage vastly narrows the risk of getting exposed to the attack. Hence my point that if I were using this regularly then I might want to invest in a more secure mirror. But when it can be years between my usages the benefits of self hosting are vastly outweighed but the cost (both in time and electricity) of managing it. Thus I’m willing to take that slight risk in this specific instance.