Is frei0r a harmful dependency to ffmpeg?
Howdy Slackers:
Thought I would bring the following to your attention: On slackbuilds.org, frei0r is an optional dependency of ffmpeg, and when clicking on the source download: frei0r-plugins-1.3.tar.gz at http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14...raries/frei0r/, I am directed to http://www.piksel.no/frei0r/releases...ins-1.3.tar.gz, where firefox gives me the following warning: Quote:
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but frei0r is mandatory dependency for openshot
But uh-oh... I like openshot, and frei0r is a mandatory dependency of openshot, so does anybody know whether frei0r really is harmful, or is firefox just being too paranoid, and I should add an exception and proceed...
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here clicking on the link under firefox shows no warning (downloads the frior sources)...
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i guess I'll live dangerously (nothing new), and download it anyways, because I like openshot, and most likely, any malware there would hopefully be directed towards windows...
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I looked up Frei0r on Freshmeat, and it gave me the following safe mirror:
http://ftp.dyne.org/.index/index.php...i0r%2Freleases |
I'm using the 15.0.1 version of firefox that came with slackware64-14.0, and noticed in the "security" pane of its preferences a checkbox for "block reported attack sites"... maybe yours is unchecked, ponce? thanks dugan, I'll try that one, and compare it to the one I dangerously downloaded...
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frei0r is not harmful. The website that host frei0r's source code seems to have been blacklisted.
If you are worried about using the site download the source code via wget. |
the md5sum of the file is the same of the one on Jaromil's site (I verified the signature too).
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I clicked a link that said "why is this site blocked" and this was the report: Quote:
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Thanks everybody... I guess it's just trivial, and nothing to worry about! I'm moving on.
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I just installed ffmpeg two days ago with all dependencies installed. Never noticed the warning since I'm using sbopkg :D
But when I visit the download page, I do get the security warning. |
I normally never install optional dependencies. Often you can get away with the default dependencies without penalty.
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