Re: Hardening Solaris 8
From: Philip Brown (phil+s3_at_bolthole.no-bots.com)
Date: 05/02/03
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Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 23:23:03 GMT
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 03:38:26 +0000 (UTC), gburnore@databasix.com wrote:
>Philip Brown <phil+s3@bolthole.no-bots.com> wrote:
>> It is just as likely that the source has been compromized, as an
>> executable.
>>
>> it is only useful to "download and compile the source", if you can actually
>> READ AND UNDERSTAND the entire source, AND can recognize a security flaw
>> if you see it!!
>
>Isn't that where PGP and Checksums come in?
those methods can be applied equally to binaries and source code. So my
original premise stands: it is "just as likely"
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