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Date:      Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:45:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org>
To:        grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HTTPS on freebsd.org, git, reproducible builds
Message-ID:  <alpine.LRH.2.11.1509180646470.14490@nber4.nber.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAD2Ti2_YNkNi2b=PzFCwu3PVaP8hOzADys3=-k0AqvsDRhJpzA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, grarpamp wrote:

> Is there some reason "freebsd.org" and all it's
> subdomains don't immediately 302 over to
> https foreverafter?

Is there a reason to encrypt something that is completely public? Perhaps 
to allow the visitor to conceal the fact that they are interested in 
FreeBSD? That won't work, since the IP address of the server can't be 
encrypted. I feel like I am missing something.

dan feenberg



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