From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: expand tls to elpa.gnu.org
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:17:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hbawtbq7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mxkojpk4.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:28:43 -0500")
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> aj> so far there is no tls/ssl support for elpa.gnu.org . In my opinion
> aj> this is a real problem as there is no way to check the authenticity
> aj> and integrity of downloaded packages. Is it possible to expand the
> aj> certificate of gnu.org to elpa.gnu.org?
> aj> Of course this makes the package-manager not checking integrity -
> aj> but I think anyone interested in doing so can modify it without
> aj> problems.
>
> I can install a certificate but it has to be requested by the domain
> owner so I'm not sure who to bug about it.
Why not simply distribute the certificate file with Emacs?
Also, the Emacs package manager uses the url library for downloading via
http. How well does that library support https? If I give
`url-retrieve-synchronously' a https url, does it currently DTRT?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-21 21:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-19 16:21 expand tls to elpa.gnu.org axel.junker
2011-03-21 18:28 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-21 21:17 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2011-03-21 22:33 ` url library and GnuTLS, and Emacs-issued certificates (was: expand tls to elpa.gnu.org) Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-23 15:30 ` url library and GnuTLS, and Emacs-issued certificates Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-23 18:31 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-23 18:47 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-23 19:20 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-23 21:51 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-24 4:55 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-24 18:42 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-24 19:45 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-24 19:23 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-24 19:33 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-24 19:37 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-26 23:32 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-26 23:39 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-27 1:23 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-27 10:31 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-27 0:20 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-27 1:30 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-27 10:36 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-27 17:42 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-28 0:34 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-29 20:54 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-30 2:20 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-26 12:07 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-26 13:39 ` Reiner Steib
2011-03-26 14:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-28 6:51 ` Reiner Steib
2011-03-26 19:40 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-26 23:36 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-27 1:31 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-27 1:52 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-28 15:10 ` Ted Zlatanov
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