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Downloading a deb via a package manager is more secure. Downloading a deb, comparing the hash (or at least noting down the hash) would also already be more secu
by uecker 1y ago
Downloading a deb via a package manager is more secure. Downloading a deb, comparing the hash (or at least noting down the hash) would also already be more secure.
But yes, that the run arbitrary scripts is also a known issue, but this is not the main point as most code you download will be run at some point (and ideally this needs sandboxing of applications to fix).
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- IshKebab 1y ago> Downloading a deb via a package manager is more secure. Not what I meant. Getting software into 5 different distros and waiting years for it to be available to users is not really viable for most software authors.
- uecker 1y agoI think it would be quite viable if there is any willingness to work with the distributions in the interest in security.
- IshKebab 1y agoWell, distros haven't really put any effort into making it viable as far as I know. They really should! Why isn't there a standard Linux package format that all distros support? Flatpak is fine for user GUI apps but I don't think it would be feasible to e.g. distribute Rust via a Flatpak. (And when I say fine, I haven't actually used it successfully yet.) I think distros don't want this though. They all want everyone to use their format, and spend time uploading software into their repo. Which just means that people don't.