Eugene Grosbein
2017-Dec-10 19:37 UTC
http subversion URLs should be discontinued in favor of https URLs
11.12.2017 2:23, Yuri wrote:> On 12/10/17 10:15, Igor Mozolevsky wrote: >> They are not "hypothetical characters," they are invented characters that >> are used in a threat model. But that's reframing the problem- a >> hypothetical threat model is very different to a real threat model. > > > This is a very real threat model. There are a lot of malicious Tor exit node operators, > and a lot of FreeBSD users update their system over subversion. The > only thing that the Tor node operator needs to do is to detect relevant requests and serve malware.Hmm, you should not pass your traffic through the network operated by lots of malicious operators in first place. No matter encrypted or not. There are plenty of alternative ways.
Yuri
2017-Dec-10 20:37 UTC
http subversion URLs should be discontinued in favor of https URLs
On 12/10/17 11:37, Eugene Grosbein wrote:> Hmm, you should not pass your traffic through the network operated > by lots of malicious operators in first place. No matter encrypted or not. > There are plenty of alternative ways.Modern encryption protocols allow you to send traffic over insecure networks and still maintain your security and privacy, so why not? Yuri