Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 03:45:35 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, Igor Mozolevsky <mozolevsky@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Subject: Re: http subversion URLs should be discontinued in favor of https URLs Message-ID: <5A2D9CEF.9020404@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <f374ad86-f69c-115d-60f0-5251fba4b6d6@rawbw.com> 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> <20171205231845.5028d01d@gumby.homeunix.com> <CADWvR2gVn8H5h6LYB5ddwUHYwDtiLCuYndsXhJywi7Q9vNsYvw@mail.gmail.com> <20171210173222.GF5901@funkthat.com> <CADWvR2iGQOtcU=FnU-fNsso2eLCCQn=swnOLoqws%2B33V8VzX1Q@mail.gmail.com> <5c810101-9092-7665-d623-275c15d4612b@rawbw.com> <CADWvR2j_LLEPKnSynRRmP4LG3mypdkNitwg%2B7vSh=iuJ=JU09Q@mail.gmail.com> <fd888f6b-bf16-f029-06d3-9a9b754dc676@rawbw.com> <CADWvR2jnxVwXmTA9XpZhGYnCAhFVifqqx2MvYeSeHmYEybaNnA@mail.gmail.com> <19bd6d57-4fa6-24d4-6262-37e1487d7ed6@rawbw.com> <5A2D8CDF.80903@grosbein.net> <f374ad86-f69c-115d-60f0-5251fba4b6d6@rawbw.com>
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11.12.2017 3:37, Yuri wrote: > On 12/10/17 11:37, Eugene Grosbein wrote: >> Hmm, you should not pass your traffic through the network operated >> by lots of malicious operators in first place. No matter encrypted or not. >> There are plenty of alternative ways. > > > Modern encryption protocols allow you to send traffic over insecure networks and still maintain your security and privacy, so why not? No, they don't. You get into MITM and then you have a choice: ignore and run your connection anyway or have no connectivity at all (using this channel). Both are bad, so don't use such a channel from the beginning.
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