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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org>
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Subject: Re: http subversion URLs should be discontinued in favor of https URLs
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Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> writes:
> Assertion of identity and encryption in transit are separate issues. I
> do agree that identity is fundamentally broken with the existing CA
> system. I=E2=80=99m more interested in preventing tampering of data in
> transit. HTTPS is an easy way to do that.

You can't have the latter without the former.  Assertion of identity is
the only protection against MITM eavesdropping or tampering.

DES
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