Installing rpm's that are not from RHN

[Hamilton, David]

Hello,

I was wondering if downloading rpms and installing from a site such as
http://www.alsa-project.org/ posed any risk to a RHEL desktop computer?
The past several kernels the module for my sound card (CS4236) has been
left out. The only way to correct the issue is to go to alsa org and
download the files and go through the steps. Is the above site a
"trusted" site to RHEL users or would I be better off not trusting any
files unless they come from RHN? I searched and the RHN doesn't seem to
have the files needed.

David