Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:50:30 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty@heuristicsystems.com.au> Subject: Re: http subversion URLs should be discontinued in favor of https URLs Message-ID: <1291.1512658230@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <867etyzlad.fsf@desk.des.no> References: <97f76231-dace-10c4-cab2-08e5e0d792b5@rawbw.com> <5A2709F6.8030106@grosbein.net> <11532fe7-024d-ba14-0daf-b97282265ec6@rawbw.com> <8788fb0d-4ee9-968a-1e33-e3bd84ffb892@heuristicsystems.com.au> <20171205220849.GH9701@gmail.com> <24153.1512513836@critter.freebsd.dk> <1C30FE91-753A-47A4-9B33-481184F853E1@tetlows.org> <867etyzlad.fsf@desk.des.no>
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-------- In message <867etyzlad.fsf@desk.des.no>, =3D?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=3DC3=3D= B8rgrav?=3D w rites: >Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> writes: >> Assertion of identity and encryption in transit are separate issues. [.= ..] > >You can't have the latter without the former. Assertion of identity is >the only protection against MITM eavesdropping or tampering. Or more generally: If you dont/cant trust the other end, why would you trust them to keep the communication secret ? -- = Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe = Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence= .
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