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eschwartz · 11-15-2015, 02:14 PM

@theducks -- apparently that isn't good enough for everyone

do you know debian considers the MobileRead plugin index to be a malware hole and they patch calibre to remove the plugin updater/installer?

Apparently the fact that

no one has ever posted a malware plugin,
and the fact that community members use every plugin on the list,
and the developers are mostly longstanding, trusted members
and the active nature of the moderators in managing the list

are not good enough for them, because they don't have code-signed approval, or maybe because they are terrified of MITM attacks.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr...cgi?bug=640026

So typical debian, "this is pretty crap WRT security"...
"and should be disabled" rather than maybe mentioned upstream, since they have so many bright ideas.

11-15-2015, 02:14 PM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	@theducks -- apparently that isn't good enough for everyone do you know debian considers the MobileRead plugin index to be a malware hole and they patch calibre to remove the plugin updater/installer? Apparently the fact that no one has ever posted a malware plugin, and the fact that community members use every plugin on the list, and the developers are mostly longstanding, trusted members and the active nature of the moderators in managing the list are not good enough for them, because they don't have code-signed approval, or maybe because they are terrified of MITM attacks. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr...cgi?bug=640026 So typical debian, "this is pretty crap WRT security"... "and should be disabled" rather than maybe mentioned upstream, since they have so many bright ideas.