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Date:      Fri, 18 Sep 2015 08:47:46 -0400
From:      Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HTTPS on freebsd.org, git, reproducible builds
Message-ID:  <55FC07F2.1060100@sneakertech.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.11.1509180646470.14490@nber4.nber.org>
References:  <CAD2Ti2_YNkNi2b=PzFCwu3PVaP8hOzADys3=-k0AqvsDRhJpzA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.LRH.2.11.1509180646470.14490@nber4.nber.org>

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> Is there a reason to encrypt something that is completely public?

MitM attacks. SSL would go a long way towards ensuring that when you go 
to a website you're seeing the real website and not something that 
silently redirects you to compromised files or targeted misinformation.




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