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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:22:21 -0700
From: Bry8 Star <bry8star AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: include SHA1/MD5 hash/digest of setup.exe, and use HTTPS
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Hello,
Please include SHA1/MD5 hash/digest code of "setup.exe" file, on webpage
next to "setup.exe" download url-link.
so we know for sure, if we have a correct file or not, and someone in
middle (MITM) has not changed it.

Windows users prefer to verify files rather with sha1/md5 etc, than
using asc, as asc verification is more complicated.

And also, please distribute the setup.exe, via using a HTTPS based
URL/site. So we/users can get it securely (and over encrypted
connections) from your site, cygwin.com

No need for a paid/purchased SSL/TLS certificate. A self-signed or
CAcert or other free cert (various cert providers have free cert for
non-profit or open-source developers), is more than enough & suffice.
Much much better than using no encryption at all.

Does the "setup.exe" connect to Internet/mirror sites using https or
SSL/TLS encrypted connections ?
if not please, change "setup.exe" codes further, so that at least
initial connections while obtaining hash/digest/asc code of other source
files are obtained via using SSL/TLS (if that source site supports). You
should have or host the hash/digest/asc files of all source files under
cygwin.com site. A larger sized source file or binary file can be
downloaded via non-https way, ONLY if the hash/digest/asc codes were
already obtained through SSL/TLS/HTTPS connection in early.

Thanks, Thanks, Thanks.
-- Bry8 Star. (Bry8Star).

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