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Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default

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On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 08:53:21AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> The only thing I could see that would be a net gain would be to generalizes
> sources.list more. Instead of having a user select a specific protocol and
> path, allow the user to just select high-level objects. Make this a new
> pseudo-protocol for backward compatibility, and introduce something like
>   deb apt:// suite component[s]
> so the default could be something like
>   deb apt:// bullseye main
>   deb apt:// bullseye/updates main
> then the actual protocols, servers, and paths could be managed by various
> plugins and overridden by configuration directives in apt.conf.d. For

In this scheme the Debian bullseye main repo has the same 'URI' as the
Darts bullseye main repo. So, you would need to at least include an
additional unique identifier of the likes of Debian and Darts, but
who is to assign those URNs?
(Currently we are piggybacking on the domain name system for this)

Also, but just as an aside, whatever clever system you think of apt
could be using, you still need a rather simple system for the likes of
tools which come before apt like the installers/bootstrappers as they
are not (all) using apt, especially not in the very early stages, and
a mapping between them.


> If someone wants to use tor by default but fall back to https if it's
> unreachable, they can do that. If someone wants to use a local proxy via
> http but https if they're not on their local network, they can do that. New
> installations could default to https, existing installations can keep doing

You can do most of the fallback part with the mirror method backed by
a local file. It is of no concern to apt how that file comes to be, so
you could create it out of a massive amount of options or simply by
hand. I do think if the creation is tool-based it shouldn't be apt
as I envision far too many unique snowflakes for a one-size-fits-all
approach.

(The Tor to https fallback can be done already if we talk onion services
 to others. You can't fall out of Tor – or redirect into it – through as
 that would allow bad actors to discover who you are/that you have an
 operational tor client installed. proxy configuration you can already
 change programmatically on the fly – a job auto-apt-proxy implements –,
 changing the mirror file with a hook from your network manager would
 be equally easy.)


> their thing, and a plugin like auto-apt-proxy can override defaults to do
> something more complicated, using more policy-friendly .d configurations
> rather than figuring out a way to rewrite some other package's configuration
> file.

JFTR: auto-apt-proxy has nothing to do with sources. It is true that
apt-cacher-ng (and perhaps others) have a mode of operation in which you
prefix the URI of your (in that case caching) proxy to the URI of the
actual repo, but that isn't how a proxy usually operates and/or is
configured.


Best regards

David Kalnischkies

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Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Hideki Yamane <henrich@debian.org> - 2021-08-22 15:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org  by default "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-09-01 11:50 +0200
  Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2021-09-01 11:50 +0200
    Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-09-01 12:00 +0200
      Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2021-09-01 17:00 +0200
        Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Hideki Yamane <henrich@iijmio-mail.jp> - 2021-09-02 04:00 +0200
          Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2021-09-02 18:30 +0200
            Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org> - 2021-09-02 19:00 +0200
          Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org> - 2021-09-02 19:00 +0200
          Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2021-09-02 21:40 +0200
            Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-09-02 23:10 +0200
              Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 04:50 +0200
                Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> - 2021-09-05 12:40 +0200
              Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 13:20 +0200
                Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-09-03 13:40 +0200
                Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 13:40 +0200
            Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Hideki Yamane <henrich@iijmio-mail.jp> - 2021-09-04 22:20 +0200
              Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2021-09-09 20:10 +0200
                Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-09-10 02:00 +0200
                Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2021-09-10 17:10 +0200
          Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2021-09-08 13:20 +0200
            Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-09-08 13:40 +0200
              Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2021-09-08 14:00 +0200
                Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-09-08 14:10 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2021-09-08 15:50 +0200
                Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-09-08 16:00 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-09 01:30 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2021-09-09 01:40 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> - 2021-09-10 11:30 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Timo Röhling <roehling@debian.org> - 2021-09-10 12:10 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-10 14:00 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Tim Woodall <debiandevel@woodall.me.uk> - 2021-09-08 14:20 +0200
                Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-09-08 14:30 +0200
            Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-09 01:30 +0200
              Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Timo Röhling <roehling@debian.org> - 2021-09-09 08:40 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-09 14:40 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Timo Röhling <roehling@debian.org> - 2021-09-09 15:00 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-09 15:10 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Timo Röhling <roehling@debian.org> - 2021-09-09 15:30 +0200
              Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-09 15:00 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> - 2021-09-10 16:40 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-10 17:10 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> - 2021-09-10 20:10 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-10 21:20 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-09-12 05:20 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2021-09-13 00:00 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> - 2021-09-13 15:10 +0200
              Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2021-09-10 09:40 +0200
                Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-09-10 10:20 +0200
                Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by  default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-10 14:10 +0200
                Bug#994409: task-laptop: please recommend automatic apt proxying Phil Morrell <debian@emorrp1.name> - 2021-09-15 19:20 +0200
                Re: task-laptop: please recommend automatic apt proxying Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2021-09-15 19:40 +0200
                Re: task-laptop: please recommend automatic apt proxying Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2021-09-15 19:40 +0200
  Bug#992692: next steps Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org> - 2021-12-09 12:30 +0100
  Bug#992692: more steps towards this goal Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org> - 2022-03-30 10:00 +0200
  Bug#992692: moar Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org> - 2022-03-30 12:30 +0200
  Bug#992692: link Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2022-03-30 12:50 +0200

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