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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] No https for pcb-rnd
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Girvin Herr:
> In the name of computer security, I am going through all of my browser 
> bookmarks and rejecting all websites that do not support the https 
> protocol.
...

So would a self signed certificate suffice -- since then you are using
"https".

And next, what kind of security do you want ?
a, the middleman cannot see what you transfer
b, the middleman cannot change what you transfer
c, the middleman cannot cannot see that you have contact or are 
   transferring (https doesn't solve that)
d, to be sure that the site is indeed authentic (use dns-sec for that)
e, something else I haven't thought about

If you don't trust a self signed certificate, why would you trust
some random certificate authority and not some person writing
useful code that serves us well. See e.g.
 https://www.theregister.com/2013/12/10/french_gov_dodgy_ssl_cert_reprimand/

You know, https isn't the final answer to computer security.

And lastly, why don't you do a simple request on the pcb-rnd mailing
list, what has geda-user have to do with this.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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