My first question would be:
Do you examine every line of code in these sources you
compile?

Then:
If not, if you get the same sources and binaries from
the same location, what is the difference?

Most admins i know, who get sources and build them, do
not know all the ins and outs of the application they
are compiling.

Wade

--- "Vigorito, Nicholas E."
<NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO@(protected):

> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
>
users-return-167067-NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO=saic.com@(protected)
>
[mailto:users-return-167067-NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO=saic.com@(protected)
> 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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