Re: Safety while network install.
Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón:
>> I'm concerned on safety of install over network (the netinst) - what
>> techniques are used to protect the installed system during the very
>> process of installation?
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>System is still not installed so what are you afraid of? :-?
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>> Or it includes some risk for the install and therefore media (kind of
>> disk) is a preferred installation method?
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>I've never faced a security problem when installing over the network
>(Internet) and take no additional countermeasures but ensuring the net
>ISO checksum for the image I have downloaded is okay.
>
>A compromised mirror can hit at anytime not just when installing.
Things I consider are these (during the installation):
. I have working connection
. I have at least working kernel and later diver services that are
configured and started during the install
. At the same time no firewall rules are applied at the working
(starting to work) system (before it is going to be rebooted - that is
also is waited for the user attention - does not reboot itself).
That's what is of interest.
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