Anil Duggirala wrote: > hello, > I know installing .deb packages downloaded from websites is not a good > practice in terms of software management in Debian. I would like to > know if I should have security concerns when installing a .deb package > "manually" (using gdebi for example) ?
Do you trust the provider of the *deb package? If so, you should be fine. If you want to take it a step farther, see if there's a (sha256) checksum for the package. > Is it possible that by downloading the skype .deb package and > installing it, I am creating a security vulnerability in a Debian > system? Well, Skype is a Microsoft product ... :) -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
