Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Should Gentoo do https by default?
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:33:38
Message-Id: robbat2-20150327T183233-775711488Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Should Gentoo do https by default? by "Thomas D."
1 On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 06:14:38PM +0100, Thomas D. wrote:
2 > > Right now we seem to have a mix:
3 > > * A number of webpages default to http and have optional https
4 > > (www.gentoo.org)
5 > > * Some with sensitive logins are already https by default (e.g.
6 > > bugs.gentoo.org), but they don't use hsts, which they should
7 > > * Some with logins are mixed http/login-via-https, which makes them
8 > > vulnerable to ssl-stripping-attacks (e.g. wiki.gentoo.org)
9 > Don't forget the forum (http://forums.gentoo.org/). Even if you connect
10 > to https://forums.gentoo.org/ it will always fall back to HTTP.
11 I can't reproduce this downgrade that you describe; please provide some
12 steps to show it?
13
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15 Robin Hugh Johnson
16 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead
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