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Downloading new Launcher
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pksiazek
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-10-06 15:21:06 UTC
I really love idea of new Launcher.
I want to test it right away.

But I'm feeling really bad about dowloading it from some random webpage and then fill it with my accounts data.
I might be security nerd but it doesn't sound like good idea.

Can you please at least host it from eveonline.com domain?
Estevan Andrard
Doomheim
#2 - 2015-10-06 15:38:22 UTC
Odds are if you link it in eveonline.com you may be downloading it exactly from the same place.

Odds are, all downloads you do from eve comes from the same place.

Domains are just cool names.

One problem I do have is that Avast seems to interviene with the Launcher. Other antivirus I tested do not.

Since Avast has given me so many issues, as it interferes with SSL certificates, VPNs, Tor, other games, Ad Blocks and other random software, messing up with EVE was the last drop. Leaving Avast for good. And I had the paid one. But no one stands in my way to EVE. LoL

If con is the opposite of pro, then is Congress the opposite of progress?
Ssoraszh Tzarszh
Mellivora Nulla Irrumabo
#3 - 2015-10-07 19:15:01 UTC
Actualy cloudfront.net is a hosting company that offers content distribution networks allowing for sites/files to be hosted and downloaded on local servers (for the end users). This prevents outages and some protection against ddos and the like.

However if any CCP employee reads this stuff it would be very cool if downloads came with a MD5 hash or something for the paranoid ;-)

And hazing the IT guy for a proper domain name for that cloudfrond share would be cool as well as it does improve the legitimacy and prevents people from wondering why the domain name does not reflect the company.

edit: typo
Estevan Andrard
Doomheim
#4 - 2015-10-07 22:00:47 UTC
Not really. The true paranoid IT savvy person knows that a domain name means nothing. I can hide a download in "mylegitlookingdomain.com" being straight from "domainfamousforspreadingviruses.com" in just a few seconds. And if I know my dns, I can also hide the trace route that shows the suspicious domain.

One of the most secure steps a company can do is to entrust their download sources to a specialized company. Actually, if you go to the "paranoid IT savvy person", very little of what the average person think of as secure is actually remotely secure.

If con is the opposite of pro, then is Congress the opposite of progress?