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How to evaluate software security? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by QuestionMark@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Without going through the whole source code. You can just look up the information on the web, but how do you know whether to trust that information?

(Assuming no security audit has been listed on the website, or the audit seems outdated.)

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[–] lemuria@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

~~we either put it in virustotal, spin up a VM, and run the thing without network access, and just hope for the best~~