Re:Curl to shell isn't so bad
by coldtea on Saturday November 09, 2019 @08:41AM
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>Not so bad comparing to what?
Compared to donwloading a binary and 10 other similar methods people use.
>Yeah, comparing to downloading a tar file from the website and running ./configure, make etc - right, it's probably quite a similar risk. But who does that?
Millions of people?
And even more just download binaries off of websites...
Re:Curl to shell isn't so bad
by minxomat on Saturday November 09, 2019 @08:52AM
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Isn't there even a comment from Linus (could have been someone else) saying that he does exactly that and if that doesn't work gives up on the software?
Compared to donwloading a binary and 10 other similar methods people use.
>Yeah, comparing to downloading a tar file from the website and running ./configure, make etc - right, it's probably quite a similar risk. But who does that?
Millions of people?
And even more just download binaries off of websites...