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| From | "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> |
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| Subject | Re: What do you make of this reported Linux back door? |
| Date | Tue, 4 Mar 2025 22:51:33 +0100 |
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On 04/03/2025 19.29, Adrian Caspersz wrote: > On 28/02/2025 17:00, J.O. Aho wrote: >> >> As Carlos and John has already pointed out, you need to execute a >> binary (or script) and it's self inflicted, don't install anything you >> can't install from your distros repository unless you really know what >> you are doing. >> > > So many users are tempted to install software, using the wget workflow > that directly pipes script hosted on website into a command prompt. > > It is so risky.... yes, it's risky, I do always use a distribution that has a good ecosystem, so you don't have to run some script to install stuff, but just use the standard package manager using the default repositories. -- //Aho
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What do you make of this reported Linux back door? Hank <hankrobins@notspam.uk> - 2025-02-28 08:45 +0100
Re: What do you make of this reported Linux back door? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-28 13:06 +0100
Re: What do you make of this reported Linux back door? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-02 00:38 +0000
Re: What do you make of this reported Linux back door? John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2025-02-28 08:09 -0600
Re: What do you make of this reported Linux back door? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2025-02-28 18:00 +0100
Re: What do you make of this reported Linux back door? Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2025-03-04 18:29 +0000
Re: What do you make of this reported Linux back door? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2025-03-04 22:51 +0100
Re: What do you make of this reported Linux back door? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-05 00:05 +0100
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