Re: How secure is the openSUSE Build Service?

Aniruddha <[email protected]> Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:51:59 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 18:45 +0000, Eduardo Tongson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> <http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/> Are those really third
> party repositories?

Yes those are third-party repositories. Everyone can get an account and
start a repo ( see https://build.opensuse.org/ )

> As with any third party repository/tree/source the usual caveat apply:
> You are on your own.

Does this mean that a distro that doesn't require 3rd party repositories
(Debian/Gentoo/FreeBSD) is safer?


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Regards,

Aniruddha