Hi, On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 07:45:10PM +0100, Sebastian Rubenstein wrote: > If I were to install OpenVPN from source on a Debian/Ubuntu OS using the > following method: > > # tar -xzvf openvpn-xxx.tar.gz > # cd openvpn-xxx > #./configure > #make > #make install > > How different--in terms of functionality and security--is the installed > OpenVPN using the above method from the one using your officially built > OpenVPN .deb file?
You'd get exactly the same results as with the officially-built .deb,
*except* that your package manager (apt etc.) will not know about the
installation, and that the binaries will reside in /usr/local/ not /usr/
Just looking at the "openvpn" binary, no difference.
gert
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