pkg and https-based repo with self-signed cert

Michael Gmelin freebsd at grem.de
Fri Feb 6 21:38:13 UTC 2015




> On 06 Feb 2015, at 20:03, Marko Cupać <marko.cupac at mimar.rs> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2015 18:19:16 +0100
> Kurt Jaeger <lists at opsec.eu> wrote:
> 
>> It's more along the lines of 'encrypt all the things'...
>> 
>> I'm playing with changing all http stuff to https in general and
>> one of them is my repo...
> 
> Indeed, it could happen that - in a few years or a few decades - someone
> finds log with "metadata" showing me installing encrypted signed
> packages from my own pkg repo. Who can be sure that punishment for such
> actions won't be imprisonment or death at that time? Better be safe
> than sorry...
> 
> :tongue in a cheek (or not?):

For me it's about bidirectional trust as I'm also building "private" packages. Plus, I don't want any unencrypted traffic on our network.



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