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Would something like curl http://google.com/keylogger.sh > temp.sh && sh temp.sh work?

• sarciszewski 12y ago
  More like: curl http://google.com/keylogger.sh http://google.com/keylogger.sh > temp.sh less temp.sh # actually read the fucking thing sh temp.sh rm temp.sh
  • Igglyboo 12y ago
    Somewhat inexperienced with linux/unix. What's the purpose of "less temp.sh" here?
    • dllthomas 12y ago
      less is to view the file. It is interactive and safer than cat - the latter because less (by default) strips out terminal control characters.
• edwintorok 12y ago
  I'd also check at least the size, and checksum/GPG signature if available.
• dllthomas 12y ago
  It avoids that particular problem, yes. It is still inadvisable to do it over http, and checking a digital signature might be even better. Looking at the results might be better still if you have the expertise, though at that point it is more or less isomorphic what everyone happily does in trusting repositories, make files in signed source tarballs, and similar.