Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 22:50:19 +0800 From: Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> To: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> Cc: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 9c59988175ff - main - bsdinstall: prefer HTTP Message-ID: <4A6EC239-4B9B-442C-ACFB-8F99A951630A@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <mn7f4ehfdeg6xwwxmwy44lj5zvhjl6cjucc4pbbqorlzxbgeup@qb7s4gerhpcr> References: <901819076.6938.1708005969197@localhost> <7B54789B-90DD-4A85-8E2B-84E13DAE54B5@freebsd.org> <mn7f4ehfdeg6xwwxmwy44lj5zvhjl6cjucc4pbbqorlzxbgeup@qb7s4gerhpcr>
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On 2024-02-15 22:40:19 (+0800), Shawn Webb wrote: > On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 10:28:53PM +0800, Philip Paeps wrote: >> On 2024-02-15 22:06:09 (+0800), Ronald Klop wrote: >>> Shouldn’t this be >>> >>> https://download.freebsd.org/ >> >> No. >> >> For hysterical raisins, FTP sites conventionally put FreeBSD under >> /pub/FreeBSD. HTTP mirrors (including http://ftp.FreeBSD.org) have >> followed >> that convention. >> >> http://download.FreeBSD.org is a more recent addition, and it has >> FreeBSD >> under /, not under /pub/FreeBSD. We could teach nginx to put it >> under >> /pub/FreeBSD too, but spelling it ftp.FreeBSD.org was less work. > > I'm curious to learn why you chose http:// rather than https://. Because https:// only adds work. And work is heat. bsdinstall uses the MANIFEST to confirm integrity. If your bsdinstall and MANIFEST are from a trustworthy source, anything downloaded over http:// will be trustworthy. Just as trustworthy, in fact, as anything downloaded over ftp://. Philip
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