Here are some quotes from this person: You are trusting that someone built the binaries directly from the source code without any additional modification or back-doors built in.
Also building from the source allows you to either specify the default build or add/subtract modules/functionality that you want or don't want. The only sys admins I know of that install from binaries on Linux machines are the lazy ones or the ones that have no clue what they are doing. I would never install open source from binaries on a machine I did not want someone to break into. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rg] On Behalf Of ben short Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:44 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Installing Tomcat on Linux I would question his reason for this statement.... A coworker claims that all unix admins should never install open source binaries. They should build using the source. On 8/2/07, Vigorito, Nicholas E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am going to install Tomcat standalone (not fronted by Apache) on a > Linux box that will eventually be opened up to small portion of the > outside world. > > I am a developer and as such haven't ever done anything with Tomcat > except install the binaries on my Windows machine and run it locally > for development purposes. > > A coworker claims that all unix admins should never install open > source binaries. They should build using the source. > > Looking for a concensus. Is it ok to install the Tomcat binaries or > should I build using the Tomcat source then install? Reasons why? > > Thanks! > > Nick > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
