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Homebrew tightens tap security, begins work on its interface

  • What: Homebrew improves tap security to prevent untrusted code execution
  • Impact: Developers using Homebrew taps
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Anyone who installs software through a third-party Homebrew tap runs Ruby code written by people outside the project, and that code runs without a sandbox. That risk sits at the center of Homebrew 6.0.0. Tap trust Homebrew now requires a tap, along with any tap-qualified formula or cask, to be trusted before its code is evaluated or run. The official Homebrew taps stay trusted by default. The brew tap command gains options for managing trust … More → The post Homebrew tightens tap security, begins work on its interface appeared first on Help Net Security .

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