From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prefer https: for GNU and FSF URLs Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:37:05 +0100 Message-ID: References: <18cce39e-4a5a-27d8-a1ca-5ec45973088e@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1506699446 32533 195.159.176.226 (29 Sep 2017 15:37:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:37:26 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) Cc: GNU C Library To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: libc-alpha-return-85117-glibc-alpha=m.gmane.org@sourceware.org Fri Sep 29 17:37:22 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: glibc-alpha@blaine.gmane.org DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=yTUAu 3rQ/nGX55GZtsyJIRo0J7ZiDlyE9yGeoZj8cEFdICvQNw5wjzxITH7evr6WKCB4n BMrIuDsOn5I7irPigTbITf88dpWVgNKUduUHLeG7fm2Zz4Jl5jmJMkGgq8ebqoIe /vprUuflsKYJIOVbQ4H6fYds004RmB0BRtL5VA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type; s=default; bh=eLs1v2E/wjO SpyjxQJ2P5Fe6GII=; b=Mt40r0oVBqPg1u0bfec/6LDEI8mEYTydk884mTLMJ/O SoO4NFZ9shc8vUhFd155QcqfpW9QHDcGfqXntgSSfIHKSN8tQEnXsR9/M3F7GDkm BRwxBqqDSmn+kyPO3CmlLr0WfPqdfiIilKMPY/d2sQpo9dqh5ta7o3wdktOX4xKk = Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Original-Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-HELO: mailapp01.imgtec.com In-Reply-To: <18cce39e-4a5a-27d8-a1ca-5ec45973088e@cs.ucla.edu> Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha:77474 Archived-At: Received: from server1.sourceware.org ([209.132.180.131] helo=sourceware.org) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dxxLt-000808-4N for glibc-alpha@blaine.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:37:21 +0200 Received: (qmail 84205 invoked by alias); 29 Sep 2017 15:37:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 84194 invoked by uid 89); 29 Sep 2017 15:37:22 -0000 Hi Paul, > The attached patches adjust glibc to prefer https: in URLs for gnu.org and > fsf.org. FTP is being decommissioned soon for gnu.org, and although the GNU > project files are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to malicious routers > that intercept responses from GNU servers, and this sort of thing is all too > common when people in some other countries browse US-based websites. What's wrong with FTP, especially as given what you have stated it seems useful for people beyond myself, and not merely (as it is in my case) for convenience reasons? Maciej