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Installing a VPN on Linux? Here are the Easiest Methods (www.cnet.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/linux

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[–] refalo 14 points 5 days ago (5 children)

sudo curl

sudo random binary

Umm

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

sudo curl

I'd use curl to download with user permissions and then sudo mv to the desired place.

sudo random binary

The official binary of your vpn provider isn't exactly "random". They probably also provide means to check whether the downloaded binary is authentic. Yet, they don't elaborate on that here.

[–] refalo 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To me, any binary I do not have the source code for is random. I have no idea what's in it and it could be doing any number of malicious things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes, but as it's the official binary of your VPN provider, you're going to need to trust them anyways when using their servers.

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