From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Security of packages in official repo
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:51:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87blfk83j2.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86eekgrtsl.fsf@gmail.com>
zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 at 12:32, Phil <phil@beadling.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> However, can anyone point me to, or explain - what is done to audit
>> packages in the official Repo in the first place - i.e. how do I know
>> that a piece of software supplied to me by Guix is not only
>> delivered in a safe/reliable fashion, but is also free from malware potentially
>> introduced by the authors/maintainers themselves?
>
> Nothing.
It’s a little more than nothing in some cases. For example, there was
extensive work to gain confidence that Ungoogled Chromium does not phone
home. Generally, anti-features such as update checkers that phone home
are patched out.
We generally take the code as is, however, and don’t assume that every
bit of free software out there is malware in disguise until it is
demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that this is not the case. That
would neither be feasible nor would it guarantee satisfactory results.
--
Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-26 16:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-26 12:32 Security of packages in official repo Phil
2020-11-26 16:01 ` zimoun
2020-11-26 16:51 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2020-11-26 19:30 ` zimoun
2020-11-26 21:10 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-11-26 21:35 ` zimoun
2020-11-26 19:07 ` Phil
2020-11-26 19:50 ` zimoun
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