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Re: trusting .deb packages

From Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: trusting .deb packages
Date 2018-07-25 02:30 +0200
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On 25/07/18 09:51, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
> On 25/07/18 03:45, Anil Duggirala wrote:
>> I am thinking about installing the Mega.nz app on my Debian Stretch 
>> installation. They provide a .deb package. Is there anything I can do 
>> to ensure this is a safe package? To know that this package will not 
>> create a security vulnerability on my system? What is the minimum 
>> security procedure to follow when installing third party provided .deb 
>> packages?
> Also consider using the open-source megatools package. 1.10.0 has just 
> been released and is expected in Debian soon.

megatools 1.10.0 has just been accepted into unstable and is in the 
build queue.

Kind regards,

-- 
Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand

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trusting .deb packages Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-07-24 17:50 +0200
  Re: trusting .deb packages Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-07-24 18:50 +0200
    Re: trusting .deb packages Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-07-24 20:00 +0200
    Re: trusting .deb packages john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-07-24 20:40 +0200
      Re: trusting .deb packages Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-07-25 07:50 +0200
        Re: trusting .deb packages john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-07-25 11:40 +0200
    Re: trusting .deb packages Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2018-07-24 23:50 +0200
      Re: trusting .deb packages Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2018-07-25 04:40 +0200
        Re: trusting .deb packages Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2018-07-25 04:40 +0200
          Re: trusting .deb packages Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-07-25 05:20 +0200
          Re: trusting .deb packages Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-25 05:40 +0200
        Re: trusting .deb packages Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-07-25 07:50 +0200
      Re: trusting .deb packages Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-07-25 08:00 +0200
        Re: trusting .deb packages Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-07-25 16:00 +0200
          Re: trusting .deb packages Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-07-25 17:40 +0200
            Re: trusting .deb packages Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-07-25 17:50 +0200
  Re: trusting .deb packages Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-25 00:00 +0200
    Re: trusting .deb packages Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-25 02:30 +0200
      Re: trusting .deb packages Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-07-25 03:10 +0200
        Re: trusting .deb packages Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-25 03:40 +0200

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