Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 15:04:42 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, 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: <867etyzlad.fsf@desk.des.no> In-Reply-To: <1C30FE91-753A-47A4-9B33-481184F853E1@tetlows.org> (Gordon Tetlow's message of "Tue, 5 Dec 2017 15:18:21 -0800") 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>
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Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> writes: > Assertion of identity and encryption in transit are separate issues. I > do agree 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. You can't have the latter without the former. Assertion of identity is the only protection against MITM eavesdropping or tampering. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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