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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:08:37 -0000 (UTC)
From:      Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: http subversion URLs should be discontinued in favor of https URLs
Message-ID:  <slrnp2t7rl.nqg.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
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On 2017-12-08, Luke Crooks <luke@solentwholesale.com> wrote:

> The pull request was rejected for a valid reason, offering http allows
> users with limited network access chance to clone or download freebsd where
> https is not possible.

Do users actually exist who have access to http but not to https?
Or is this a myth?  And how do these users access popular sites
like Wikipedia, or www.FreeBSD.org for that matter?

This is also of interest for the choice of master sites in ports.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de



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