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:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=wElhL+F74ofESxwo fteh1nUmnceg3wsoNUbxGv2Iuu21MUMynwFNOUP+p6y3Y+LhcECARrD+eUFNteYv kwD9IEIha3v3E8IyuQa5Qv/DDqisNPF7AM3OZa33QYai9sqBTM5gTnz8+xhdPu4K F52jP8oKVS2mx6XBqZVkgpgHx9g= 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:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=iiiUqvSAIq0NEJsg/hetEp eYyUE=; b=N2UArWLvlaQzamQqbREuHWCxKPornOFSrXEN6lGrCDwR+p0lfN1+Q2 R2QuLYOU12YM7r3R0B3ibM3jiL5blqw1opFv/0sUjDmhP29XUQnj+6uKZ6X76dv2 cmHdgHI7GHoObJ9K8VRiYStfIFk/2WNOlQmGIfVMtDWkYW7BAez14= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , 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=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,MIME_BASE64_BLANKS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.1 spammy=antiviruses, occasion, avast, UD:ru X-HELO: forward100j.mail.yandex.net DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.ru; s=mail; t=1552426500; bh=vc9GsFMRrnU4QXA4HS9gPuYll6Rjw69NRO4SN3/T1Q0=; h=In-Reply-To:Subject:To:Reply-To:From:Message-ID:References:Date; b=WIQBX+mS6oJf4AnrLy7xydMYRMDVXwyEf434mgofHAmR3AHzrP+FEJzga43QGLyWr a8i3w/wIOIOu32wKNOzAL3ECyBerE9+eYYpyKtF516wZgfqBEDdaKj/dwkwNcA2VAm Ak/2CxYGn5TONNNblruPmZzLVPqeMPdffZCKxL7k= Authentication-Results: mxback3j.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:24:39 +0300 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <1981364213.20190313002439@yandex.ru> To: Lee , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: SSL not required for setup.exe download In-Reply-To: References: <1a840c2e-55ac-0ab4-66c4-a1f6a2c4f81a AT Shaw DOT ca> <41f12842-ea43-ff63-a660-26ee3b497c63 AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca> <1b570593-0ec7-0890-26ef-7e7468534f47 AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca> <1406950005 DOT 20190312031618 AT yandex DOT ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Note-from-DJ: This may be spam Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id x2CLZDRv007042 Greetings, Lee! >> It gives you false sense of security. What is worse, everybody is >> attempting >> to reassure this false sense on every possible occasion. > I don't think it's a false sense of security. https:// isn't "safe" > but it is _safer_ than http:// Yep. Now, let's recall mcafee, norton, kaspersky, avast… and all those other "antiviruses" that proxy all TLS traffic through their own root certificate proxy. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, March 13, 2019 0:23:19 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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