X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
DomainKey-Signature:	a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date
	:message-id:subject:to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=Ak2Yo6d
	C6Qk/Bnip6uxzhLiZVUGRXvFVCEw0B6Fu25SOQP/M547cD5rNbRXo1T+Uztm4v4X
	l2Vjkp7ZaiYUA4PliZZgPj0weV5+zP27AmVFhy/0W1fldLBQ0sIqNFJpYplPmcP1
	TQJG/8F9eSH4x/cLWrD0E7StE4lkohgC8Z1o=
DKIM-Signature:	v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date
	:message-id:subject:to:content-type; s=default; bh=xiXhUoaFi/DY7
	p7uHO2R00AcBXE=; b=bQ6FaUGdJFwIVr4xYXiYOKPmsp/pFiLcdYcuz9j8kUel0
	SVd9U3riAaKaQyWPFIYaeo3xaAHWioc017Cv/qjN4au2qrvZjDGIUWT4TfG29oLo
	2HBkzlDrGHqvF56OwrIkXIOBjAEDoaF8mLP8abDLcLDeQWQb/aYQtxM1EpGT4M=
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Authentication-Results:	sourceware.org; auth=none
X-Spam-SWARE-Status:	No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=crowd, HX-Languages-Length:531, bend, worried
X-HELO:	mail-vk1-f181.google.com
DKIM-Signature:	v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=JPbT7M45b1cRjfmLALAy8DmaPvDNyPUyjoMhD/fRhhY=; b=uORLvqIRbbcvUr7gV34wIR3ZmhX19ylyoCKir/TWEk4r59ft0OW9NLvIDT4FEAsF5E hgMfYZnnt01lcv9/TOfMnglNoBF99RCxBj7TPs7KdUx9ZCxyOWOi0BQ44D+umBza8TQr dLiBxA/LoXOrsTiGsH/0Favp+VYrDR3+l4lm3xKSnGqiiQafdGUlcs2Y4QgBDw7He5Cu Y5hC3mwGaiG5TywKMr8TYrFi+7JGeX3wJw218k7xmoqBngLkuwB0M8GaDgv3zo3u7KAN VSdki10cQH78XYmGoOnCYuQZK9gHO6PznBC6it1etNQlk6FdNU4Z1QbsFzDbhjRSxJVN 9Yjg==
MIME-Version:	1.0
References:	<CANSoFxtW0Jb1M5KfkFGGOxec_D8ysyYCrnk_PXWjHobLDXZauQ AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <924339539 DOT 20190310162957 AT yandex DOT ru>
In-Reply-To:	<924339539.20190310162957@yandex.ru>
From:	Archie Cobbs <archie DOT cobbs AT gmail DOT com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:35:35 -0500
Message-ID:	<CANSoFxvFw0Q4B1BbP55x09Uz=XLG6fD1OG6-Kw0whzoVAU3iDw@mail.gmail.com>
Subject:	Re: SSL not required for setup.exe download
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-IsSubscribed:	yes

Hi Andrey,

On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 8:35 AM Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru> wrote:
> > Is there any reason not to force this redirect and close this security hole?
>
> If you care that much, you would use https.
> If not, then I see no reason to bend to hysteric crowd.

You are correct: careful, diligent, knowledgeable people will know to use https.

Those are not the people I'm worried about however... I'm worried
about the other 95% of humanity :)

-Archie

-- 
Archie L. Cobbs

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -