On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:12:47AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:54:36 +0200, Dominik George <n...@naturalnet.de> > wrote: > >> Some of the source packages were caught on a gateway anti-virus scanner > >> while > >> downloading. > > > >Using a gateway anti-virus scanner for downloads from the Debian archive > >seems a bit inappropriate, well, paranoid. Checking the signed hashsums > >would seem a lot better to verify the downloads; if Debian's > >infrastructure were compromised so viruses could get in *and* be signed, > >we and you have other problems. > > In many organisations it would be a _huge_ hassle to be allowed to > Download Debian packages directly while bypassing the gateway scanner. > It might even lead to a knee-jerk reaction like "This Debian thingy > keeps setting off our security alerts, let's ban it and use a > supported enterprise distro". > > Greetings > Marc > -- > -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- > Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header > Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ > Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1vwn9r-0004kh...@swivel.zugschlus.de
You have _NO_ idea just how close to the truth you are - but even enterprise distributions trigger anti-virus programs. Pretty much all false positives, but still .. All the best, AndyC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131016201753.gb4...@galactic.demon.co.uk
