From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Steven Stewart-Gallus <sstewartgallus00@mylangara.bc.ca>
Cc: 18144@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18144: Shouldn't the default package archive use HTTPS?
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:03:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <hsd2cnyaoh.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fc15b26a704e.53d71ec4@langara.bc.ca> (Steven Stewart-Gallus's message of "Tue, 29 Jul 2014 04:10:44 +0000 (GMT)")
Steven Stewart-Gallus wrote:
> By default (in version 24.3.50.3) the value of package-archives is
> (quote (("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/"))). Setting it to use
> HTTPS seems to work fine. I think it should be the default.
See http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17625#51
> Am I missing that Emacs has some other way of authenticating downloads
> and so HTTPS is not needed?
It supposedly supports gpg signing, but it's never been properly tested AFAIK.
I don't think this report adds anything that is not covered in
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17625,
so I will close it. But thanks for the report.
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2014-07-29 4:10 bug#18144: Shouldn't the default package archive use HTTPS? Steven Stewart-Gallus
2014-07-30 0:03 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
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