Hi, I haven't seen any adware in GeoServer downloads but maybe there has been. But if the Devshare was discontinued more than 4 years ago, what is the problem today? Older than 4 years old packages which may still contain adware, or? Should they be scanned to guarantee that they are not infected?
-Jukka Rahkonen- -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Emilio Lahr-Vivaz <[email protected]> Lähetetty: torstai 8. lokakuuta 2020 20.40 Vastaanottaja: [email protected] Aihe: Re: [Geoserver-users] Alternate (safe) host for geoserver stable release They used to bundle adware in fairly deceptive ways. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SourceForge#DevShare_adware Thanks, Emilio On 10/8/20 1:34 PM, Rahkonen Jukka (MML) wrote: > Hi, > > Out of curiosity, what makes Sourceforge unsafe? The website is using cookies > and I see advertisements. Is there something else? > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > Lähettäjä: galebellego <[email protected]> > Lähetetty: torstai 8. lokakuuta 2020 10.12 > Vastaanottaja: [email protected] > Aihe: Re: [Geoserver-users] Alternate (safe) host for geoserver stable > release > > Ian, thanks for your answer. > > We already did such for other tools for similar reasons (so I guess this > answers "how much paranoia your company wants to pay for"). > But in a less extremist way, I was wondering if geoserver community has more > than the single SF deposit for release artifacts, some I could more easilly > trust. > > Emilio's note about checksum/signatures would indeed be a very good > improvement towards security. > > > > > > > ----- > Gaël LB > -- > Sent from: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/GeoServer-User-f3786390.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > > Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to this > list: > - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: > http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ > - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: > http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html > > If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: > https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-an > d-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer > > > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > > Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to this > list: > - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: > http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ > - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: > http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html > > If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: > https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-an > d-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer > > > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to this list: - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to this list: - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
