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daudi
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 Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:13 am Post subject: How secure is apt-get update/upgrade? |
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I was travelling recently in a country that has strong government control over the internet. While there I got nervous about doing a routine upgrade of my ubuntu system. It got me wondering if it would it be possible to intercept/poison my upgrades and install malicious software, e.g. some form of spyware. In the end I decided not to do the upgrade (possibly leaving my machine at higher risk).
Any opinions on how secure apt-get update/upgrade is? |
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roseway
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:42 am Post subject: |
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In Debian (and presumably Ubuntu and its derivatives) packages are signed and you have to install a keyring package, otherwise you will get warning messages when installing packages. So I would say that it's pretty secure.
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daudi
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah yes, that makes sense. Thank you! |
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