[Info-vax] SourceForge, was: Re: Using VMS for a web server

[Simon Clubley]

On 2015-06-04, Craig A. Berry <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> wrote:
> On 6/3/15 8:01 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>
>>
>> Be warned: given recent events,
>
> What events?
>

Sorry, I assumed this was now common knowledge.

Start here and work backwards through the links to catch up:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/06/03/126224/nmap-maintainer-warns-he-doesnt-control-nmap-sourceforge-mirror

> > SF is rapidly getting blacklisted by
>> people in general so telling technical people to download stuff from SF
>> is not likely to go down well.
>>
>> The only thing I would currently trust from SF are the source code kits
>> (but only if there were no other download source for them) and you won't
>> catch me downloading those source code kits from a Windows system...
>
> Well, that's a shame. As I write this I'm preparing to upload binary
> kits for OpenVMS of the latest release of Perl to SourceForge. You seem
> to be saying I shouldn't do this but I have no idea why.
>

OpenVMS binaries probably are ok, but given the huge backlash the actions
of the current SF owners have caused, SF itself is getting boycotted
in certain (ever increasing) circles.

As for the will not download from Windows system reference above, search
the above nmap story for "fake download". The claim is that SF are
presenting what appear to be fake download buttons in come cases
alongside the genuine ones.

I don't know if it only happens in certain circumstances or if they are
doing operating system sniffing, but I have not seen these myself yet.
However, given everything else SF have been reported as doing, I'm not
taking any chances from now on.

Simon.

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