[ubuntu-in] Linux Trojan Raises Malware Concerns

[VIGNESH PRABHU]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Narendra Diwate
<narendra.diwate at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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Regards,
Vignesh
B. Tech in Computer Science
National Institute Of Technology-Durgapur
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