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win32-mmap

latest
Top 10k
Memory mapped IO for Windows.
License: Copyleft (Artistic-2.0)
Published: about 10 years ago
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
1 copyleft licensed components
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities detected
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

337.4k
Total Downloads
1
Contributor
1
Declared Dependencies
3
Dependents

Top issues

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Problem

Software license is a legal instrument that governs the use and distribution of software source code and its binary representation. Software publishers have the freedom to choose any commonly used or purposefully written license to publish their work under. While some licenses are liberal and allow almost any kind of distribution, with or without code modification, other licenses are more restrictive and impose rules for their inclusion in other software projects. Copyleft licenses in particular impose substantial restrictions on the licensee. They typically require that any derived works, and even software code that merely interacts with copyleft code, be licensed under the same license. Since copyleft licenses are commonly applied to open source code, their inclusion requires that the entire software package becomes open sourced. For commercial applications, this is typically undesirable. Therefore, the inclusion of copyleft code is commonly avoided or even prohibited by the organization policy.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

7 packages
found in
Top 100
36 packages
found in
Top 1k
281 packages
found in
Top 10k
5393 packages
in community

Next steps

Confirm that the software package includes a copyleft component.
Investigate if the software publisher provides this component under a non-copyleft license.
Consider replacing the software component with an alternative that offers a license compatible with commercial use.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Open source communities depend on the work of thousands of software developers that volunteer their time to maintain software components. Software developers build up the reputation of their open source projects by developing in public. Modern source code repositories have many social features that allow software developers to handle bug reports, have discussions with their users, and convey reaching significant project milestones. It is uncommon to find open source projects that omit linking their component to a publicly accessible source code repository.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

No prevalence information at this time

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.
Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.
Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in RubyGems community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
9 packages
found in
Top 100
24 packages
found in
Top 1k
203 packages
found in
Top 10k
2110 packages
in community

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
62 packages
found in
Top 100
216 packages
found in
Top 1k
1359 packages
found in
Top 10k
14631 packages
in community

Prevalence in RubyGems community

No behavior prevalence information at this time

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
47 packages
found in
Top 100
261 packages
found in
Top 1k
2039 packages
found in
Top 10k
24470 packages
in community

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
47 packages
found in
Top 100
188 packages
found in
Top 1k
1368 packages
found in
Top 10k
14094 packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities found.

FAQ for win32-mmap

What is win32-mmap?

Memory mapped IO for Windows. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is win32-mmap malicious or is it safe to use?

The Ruby package win32-mmap was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. The package contains risks, and the analysis results should be reviewed before it is downloaded and used. Visit the Issues and Behaviors sections of the analysis for more details.

Is win32-mmap popular?

The Ruby package win32-mmap ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 337K recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure win32-mmap once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how win32-mmap behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a win32-mmap version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

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