Re: Security Issues using Homebrew or Macports, malicious binary insertion

2018-11-06 Thread Nicholas Papadonis
, 2018 at 12:54 PM Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > On Nov 6, 2018, at 09:14, Nicholas Papadonis wrote: > > > This article goes into depth on how Homebrew opens OSX to a number of > security issues. I'm curious if a security expert could comment if similar > vulnerabilities exist wi

Re: Security Issues using Homebrew or Macports, malicious binary insertion

2018-11-06 Thread Nicholas Papadonis
ith permissions. FreeBSD installs all local ports there, as do some > Linux distros. > > Homebrew follows the path of least resistance to make things easy. But a > what cost? > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 9:14 AM Nicholas Papadonis < > nick.papadonis...@gmail.com> wrote: > >

Re: Security Issues using Homebrew or Macports, malicious binary insertion

2018-11-06 Thread Nicholas Papadonis
v 6, 2018, at 09:14, Nicholas Papadonis wrote: > > > This article goes into depth on how Homebrew opens OSX to a number of > security issues. I'm curious if a security expert could comment if similar > vulnerabilities exist with Macports. > > > > One vulnerabil

Re: Security Issues using Homebrew or Macports, malicious binary insertion

2018-11-06 Thread Nicholas Papadonis
: > > > On Nov 6, 2018, at 09:14, Nicholas Papadonis wrote: > > > This article goes into depth on how Homebrew opens OSX to a number of > security issues. I'm curious if a security expert could comment if similar > vulnerabilities exist with Macports. > > > > One

Security Issues using Homebrew or Macports, malicious binary insertion

2018-11-06 Thread Nicholas Papadonis
This article goes into depth on how Homebrew opens OSX to a number of security issues. I'm curious if a security expert could comment if similar vulnerabilities exist with Macports. One vulnerability is a malicious program acquiring the administrators password. The attack is opened up when