LOL,

I would ask him if he sits there and examines all the code of everything that
is on his system.




On 2 Aug 2007 at 16:49, Vigorito, Nicholas E. wrote:

> Here are some quotes from this person:
>
> You are trusting that someone built the binaries directly from the
> source code without any additional modification or back-doors built
> in.
>
>
> Also building from the source allows you to either specify the default
> build or add/subtract modules/functionality that you want or don't
> want.
>
>
> The only sys admins I know of that install from binaries on Linux
> machines are the lazy ones or the ones that have no clue what they are
> doing.
>
> I would never install open source from binaries on a machine I did not
> want someone to break into.
>
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> .o rg] On Behalf Of ben short Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:44 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Installing Tomcat on Linux
>
> I would question his reason for this statement....
>
> A coworker claims that all unix admins should never install open
> source binaries. They should build using the source.
>
> On 8/2/07, Vigorito, Nicholas E. <NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO@(protected):
> > I am going to install Tomcat standalone (not fronted by Apache) on a
> > Linux box that will eventually be opened up to small portion of the
> > outside world. > > I am a developer and as such haven't ever done
> anything with Tomcat > except install the binaries on my Windows
> machine and run it locally > for development purposes. > > A coworker
> claims that all unix admins should never install open > source
> binaries. They should build using the source. > > Looking for a
> concensus. Is it ok to install the Tomcat binaries or > should I build
> using the Tomcat source then install? Reasons why? > > Thanks! > >
> Nick >
>
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