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#1 2020-05-27 12:30:32

micchan_hanako
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Registered: 2020-04-16
Posts: 4

Has the "List of applications" provided by the ArchWiki been audited?

I'm new to Arch (and to this forum as well) and Linux in general.
I want to ask whether the applications listed on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … plications have been audited to check for malware, spyware, privacy-abuse, etc..
Quite a large portion of the software is from the AUR, so I'm curious as to whether they have been audited as well.

If they have, does that include their dependencies? Or has the auditing process (if present) been restricted to the applications themselves?

Arch is great, but the security aspect has been bugging me a bit.


Thanks for all help provided : )

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#2 2020-05-27 12:52:26

V1del
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Registered: 2012-10-16
Posts: 21,427

Re: Has the "List of applications" provided by the ArchWiki been audited?

No it's just a list, anyone can add a piece of software. You can "assume" that at least someone trusted took a look when it's in the repos, the AUR is as always, unsupported and at your own risk.

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