freebsd security - Dec 2017 - http subversion URLs should be discontinued in favor of https URLs

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In message <20171210172127.GD5901 at funkthat.com>, John-Mark Gurney
writes:
>Michelle Sullivan wrote this message on Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 21:29 +1100:
>> Sorry you want to ensure a secure (trusted) connection you do it 
>> yourself.  You go through other nodes (switches and routers of the 
>
>So you're fine w/ all the Comcast users having to switch ISPs?  Because
>Comcast modifies traffic.  So you're now saying that if you use FreeBSD
>you can't use Comcast as your ISP?
Comcast modifying traffic is a political problem.

Encryption does not solve political problems.


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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote this message on Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 17:36
+0000:
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> In message <20171210172127.GD5901 at funkthat.com>, John-Mark Gurney
writes:
> >Michelle Sullivan wrote this message on Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 21:29
+1100:
> >> Sorry you want to ensure a secure (trusted) connection you do it 
> >> yourself.  You go through other nodes (switches and routers of the
> >
> >So you're fine w/ all the Comcast users having to switch ISPs? 
Because
> >Comcast modifies traffic.  So you're now saying that if you use
FreeBSD
> >you can't use Comcast as your ISP?
> 
> Comcast modifying traffic is a political problem.
Please come the the US and solve this problem for us, since you appare
to think that it's easy for people like me to solve.
> Encryption does not solve political problems.
Agreed.  But it is the only tool in my toolbox that can solve it today,
instead of some perfect future that will not happen.

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