Re: Compiling own system
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:54:15 +0100, you wrote:
>How important for system's security is having system installed from self
>compiled packages? Some time ago a friend asked me, how many of packacges do I
>have compiled by me, and he expected I say him "almost all". What do you think
>about it?
Well, do you check all sources (including the kernel) that you compile
for mailicious code? If you don't, then you might have a trojan even
from your self-compiled programs.
I'd blindly trust all "official" Debian packages since the maintainers
are well-known over the net.
Greetings
Marc
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