← Back to context Comment by nradov 4 hours ago That's great until an attacker compromises the automatic update system and uses it as a vector. 4 comments nradov Reply SoftTalker 3 hours ago I would wager that far more systems get exploited because they are out of date (sometimes woefully) than by poisoned package repos.But, certainly do your own threat assessment and develop and implement whatever plan works for you. ezfe 4 hours ago That's what cooldowns are for nradov 4 hours ago That's great until you have a public zero-day exploit. Cthulhu_ 2 hours ago If it's big enough like this one you can always make an exception.
SoftTalker 3 hours ago I would wager that far more systems get exploited because they are out of date (sometimes woefully) than by poisoned package repos.But, certainly do your own threat assessment and develop and implement whatever plan works for you.
ezfe 4 hours ago That's what cooldowns are for nradov 4 hours ago That's great until you have a public zero-day exploit. Cthulhu_ 2 hours ago If it's big enough like this one you can always make an exception.
nradov 4 hours ago That's great until you have a public zero-day exploit. Cthulhu_ 2 hours ago If it's big enough like this one you can always make an exception.
I would wager that far more systems get exploited because they are out of date (sometimes woefully) than by poisoned package repos.
But, certainly do your own threat assessment and develop and implement whatever plan works for you.
That's what cooldowns are for
That's great until you have a public zero-day exploit.
If it's big enough like this one you can always make an exception.