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Re: Repository Link are NOT https://

From Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.project
Subject Re: Repository Link are NOT https://
Date 2015-09-03 22:50 +0200
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* tom:

> I have discovered that non of the repository links is https:// . Is it
> not safer to use only https:// connections.

https:// is meaningless for package downloads because anyone can run a
mirror and see the requests directly, even if they are
transport-encrypted with HTTPS.

APT uses GnuPG to verify a signature on the repository, and chains
hashes from there, down to individual .deb files.

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Repository Link are NOT https:// tom <public-prv@mailueberfall.de> - 2015-09-03 19:50 +0200
  Re: Repository Link are NOT https:// Nextime <nextime@nexlab.it> - 2015-09-03 20:00 +0200
  Re: Repository Link are NOT https:// Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 20:40 +0200
  Re: Repository Link are NOT https:// Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2015-09-03 22:50 +0200
  Re: Repository Link are NOT https:// Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2015-09-04 02:10 +0200
    Re: Repository Link are NOT https:// Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org> - 2015-09-04 07:30 +0200
      Re: Repository Link are NOT https:// Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2015-09-04 08:50 +0200

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