The pattern of downloading and executing installation scripts without verifying them has bothered me for a while.
I started messing around with a way to verify the checksum of scripts before I execute them. I've found it a really useful tool for installing things like Rust or Deno.
It's written entirely as a shell script, and it's easy to read and understand what's happening.
I hope it may be useful to someone else!
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33375554
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I started messing around with a way to verify the checksum of scripts before I execute them. I've found it a really useful tool for installing things like Rust or Deno.
It's written entirely as a shell script, and it's easy to read and understand what's happening.
I hope it may be useful to someone else!
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33375554
Points: 9
# Comments: 0
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