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Re:Nix as OS X Package Manager by hso1 on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @05:03PM (#11773065)
Did you know that a malicious server can detect if you are piping to a shell and serve a completely different thing? D:
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Re:Nix as OS X Package Manager by JonnieCache on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @05:08PM (#11773107)
How so? By looking for a curl UA?
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Re:Nix as OS X Package Manager by hso1 on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @05:11PM (#11773134)
No. The shell is slower processing the download. You can detect this on the server. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11532599
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