[ubuntu-in] Linux Trojan Raises Malware Concerns

[Narendra Diwate]

My Apologies. Point understood.

Regards

Narendra Diwate




On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 09:39, VIGNESH PRABHU <stove311987 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Narendra Diwate <
> narendra.diwate at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Not sure how that will help. If someone has been able to upload or put a
>>> compromised package on a site, he can also put a md5sum for it. When you are
>>> downloading from a untrusted place, everything there can be suspect.
>>>
>> Well Nigel actually was suggesting you to check the md5sum from the real
> source or from the main repository. The idea is that though it is advisable
> to download packages from nearest mirror, it is always good to confirm that
> the package uploaded by the mirror is a genuine package.
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> National Institute Of Technology-Durgapur
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