I was curious as to what one can do on Linux to spot something behaving in ways it shouldn't, in regards to say, software compiled from outside official repositories (and perhaps even from within the repositories, as it seems unreasonable to assume maintainers read the source code for every package in big repos) in the case that you need/want to use something that isn't in them.
What I already know of:
Using opensnitch to be alerted when something tries to connect to the internet
Monitoring processes to see if anything is running/being autostarted when it shouldn't be
What else is there? I'm not asking for preemptive measures like "just don't install/run it" (this is obvious, but I'm curious) or "read all the source code yourself" (I'm not a programmer and don't intend to be) or protective measures ala sandboxing (to protect your home directory) or using Wayland (to mitigate keylogging).
What I already know of:
Using opensnitch to be alerted when something tries to connect to the internet
Monitoring processes to see if anything is running/being autostarted when it shouldn't be
What else is there? I'm not asking for preemptive measures like "just don't install/run it" (this is obvious, but I'm curious) or "read all the source code yourself" (I'm not a programmer and don't intend to be) or protective measures ala sandboxing (to protect your home directory) or using Wayland (to mitigate keylogging).
Statistics: Posted by pizza-rat — 2024-02-27 20:22 — Replies 1 — Views 100