Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 15:18:21 -0800 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty@heuristicsystems.com.au>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: http subversion URLs should be discontinued in favor of https URLs Message-ID: <1C30FE91-753A-47A4-9B33-481184F853E1@tetlows.org> In-Reply-To: <24153.1512513836@critter.freebsd.dk> 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>
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> On Dec 5, 2017, at 14:43, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: >=20 > -------- > In message <20171205220849.GH9701@gmail.com>, Gordon Tetlow writes: >=20 >> Using this as a reason to not move to HTTPS is a fallacy. We should do >> everything we can to help our end-users get FreeBSD in the most secure >> way. >=20 > The vastly oversold "security" of HTTPS is entirely borrowed from > a confederation of root-CA's which no non-deluded person can ever > seriously trust. Assertion of identity and encryption in transit are separate issues. I do ag= ree 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. Gordon=
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