security of the universe repository

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Thu Dec 20 03:27:02 UTC 2012


On 12/17/2012 09:57 PM, Chandra Amarasingham wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am new to this list.
> 
> I am wondering if there is an "official" word on the security of the 
> universe repository compared to the Main repository. By security I mean 
> free from malicious code.
> 
> I don't think there are anti-virus programs in the Main repository, but 
> I think clam anti-virus is in the universe repository.....but that means 
> I am not able to be confident that the clam anti-virus itself does have 
> malicious aspects (eg. from other sources...).
> 
> I thought it would be nice to have some scanning software in the main 
> repository which can be used to scan software from other repositories 
> which don't enjoy the same level of confidence.
> 
> Or are there other methods to getting around this conundrum?
> 
> Sorry I am pedantic by nature.
> Chandra
> 

Start here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/
 and
https://help.ubuntu.com/community
and
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions

Brows & bootmark those links.

If you enter 'repositories' in the search box of any of those you'll find:
<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories>
and
<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu>







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