
A personal question is can they be downloaded by things like yum and apt for example(excluding wget)
Our operating system repositories are pretty well secured and maintained.pica200 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:33 pmMost Linux viruses probably only target servers and IoT (or IoS how i like to call it. The S is left to your imagination).
Repositories should be relatively safe. Packages are normally signed and if a malicious package slips through it would not take long until someone notices. Chances are much lower than downloading random executables from the net as common on Windows.
An old saying, no clue who said it first: "The S in IoT stands for Security"
As far as I can tell most vulnerabilities that show up in IoT junk are nothing to do with viruses. Rather they are down to broken crypto implementations and use of default passwords etc. Basically negligence on the part of the manufacturers.
Even that is, in my opinion, highly dangerous. Especially for anyone who uses cameras to monitor their home while they are away. Anyone hacking the cloud can now determine when you are away from home ....
Raspbian is based on Debian. Debian has thousands of volunteer contributors of all kind of packages. Debian gets tested for a good long while before release. I like to think those package maintainers are known and have reputations to keep up so they are not motivated to sneak malware in.RaspbianUser1 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:46 amWhat is the process for adding a program to a package manager like apt, I imagine it would be analysed before being uploaded, also who is viewing these programs and saying yep or no before they are put on a package manager
Well, I have known and met a few of them, and worked with one. They are serious about their work.
Is that the one offering you an almost unlimited supply of loo roll?
PrinceOfNigeria wrote:I can supply toilet rolls packs of 6. Just deposit £1000/$1000/€1000 in bitcoin to this account ....
Note: supplies may be recycled tabloid newsprint.
I will take all toilet rolls not just ten picoRaspbianUser1 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 1:49 pmthis went abit off topic but I don't mind, its a nice read![]()